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Historical Event on 3/17/1955

Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1998Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to M. S. Subbualakshmi (b 1916).
9/10/1911Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh.
10/11/1894Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
12/12/1958Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur.
12/12/1958Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar.
11/7/1907Murlidhar Shankar Deshpande, journalist and social worker, was born at Kadanachi Girvi Phaltan, Maharashtra.
7/13/1998India and Germany sign an agreement on promoting and protecting investment in Bonn.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
9/18/2000Prasar Bharati issues a notification making it compulsory for cable operators to telecast regional channels of Doordarshan on prime band, in addition to DD-1 and DD-2, in their respective states.