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Historical Event on 6/17/1965

Motilal, famous actor, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
12/11/1876Raobahadur Yeshwantrao Harishchandra Desai, famous architect, was born.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
5/13/1991P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail.
7/8/1991L.K. Advani recognised as the leader of the Opposition of BJP in the 10th Lok Sabha.
10/13/1991Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi.
10/13/1991Babur Shah was declared as the Emperor of Dehli.
9/11/1958India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
1/2/1754Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.