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Historical Event on 8/17/1997

Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
7/31/18619,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record.
5/13/1648Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed.
6/21/1814Gilbert Aliat Minto, Governor General of East Indian Company, died.
11/9/1841Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born.
5/19/1796Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds.
8/20/1991India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest.
12/20/1957Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.