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Historical Event on 6/17/1862

Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1969Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India.
4/26/1762Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.
5/25/1924Ashutosh Mukerjee, famous educationalist, passed away in Dumraon at Bihar .
2/12/1960Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers.
5/10/1927Nayantara Sahgal, famous writer and social reformer, was born.
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.
10/12/1997Queen Elizebeth II, accompanied by husband Duke of Edinburgh Philips, arrived in New Delhi on a week-long state visit to mark India's 50th anniversary of Independence.
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
4/12/1987V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place.