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Historical Event on 6/17/1993

K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1903Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
10/25/1989P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.
7/2/1972Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
1/21/1993Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17.
3/7/1911Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born.
7/6/2000India, Nepal sign agreement to set up a specialist joint unit to counter terrorism and share information about criminals operating along the border.
7/28/1946Sister Alphonsa, good teacher and social worker, died at Bharananganam.
7/28/1946Babur Shah, Mughal Emperior, defeated Afghan Nawab Nasrat Shah, king of Bengal, on the banks of the Gand and the Ghaghra river.
10/15/1987Times Eye Research Foundation was established in Amritsar, India.
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".