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Historical Event on 11/17/1991

Sharad Pawar wins in Baramati.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1968Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 16/12/1970.
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.
5/28/1965Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
3/29/1914Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.
8/15/1947Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
5/12/1995Supreme court stays Tamil Nadu Governor's orders allowing Dr. Subramaniam Swamy to prosecute Chief Minister Dr. Jayalalitha under Prevention of Corruption Act.
1/9/1922Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley.
1/1/1874The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published.
9/15/1965President Ayub Khan appeals to the US to use its influence to end Indian-Pakistani hostilities.