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Historical Event on 11/17/1999
India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly adjudged the 'man of the match' and 'man of the series'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/3/1915 | Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government. |
| 7/18/1695 | Joannes Camphuys, Governal General of Dutch-Indies, died at the age of 61. |
| 7/6/1993 | 39 people were killed and three officials abducted in J&K . |
| 11/18/1727 | Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India. |
| 2/1/1835 | East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim. |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 6/22/1935 | Vaman Viswanath Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests), was born in Madras. |
| 3/11/1795 | Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals. |
| 6/1/1890 | Sri Seeripi Anjaneyulu, journalist, social reformer and educationist, was born at Dharmavaram, Anantapur. |
| 9/6/1995 | Meenatai Thackrey, social worker and Matoshree of Shivsainik's, passed away. |
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