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Historical Event on 2/17/1992

S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
3/8/1998Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew.
10/20/1774New Regulating Act was introduced which abolished the East India Company Government and a new Government was formed.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.
3/3/1885Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).
9/13/1992Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission.
10/16/1896Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born.
4/15/1919Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal and Padma Vibhushan, DFC, was born in Lyalpur.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.