Today Importance - 17th June
17-Jun-1674
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's mother Jijabai passed away.
17-Jun-1756
Nawab Sira-ud-Daula attacked Calcutta with 50,000 troops and captured it on 21 June.
17-Jun-1824
Bureau of Indian Affairs established.
17-Jun-1839
Birth of Master William Bentinck, Lead representative General of India.
17-Jun-1862
Lord Charles John Canning, Governor-General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), dies.
17-Jun-1887
Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, political dissident, legislator, pioneer and Legislative head of Orissa and West Bengal, is conceived.
17-Jun-1903
Assamese playwright, poet and music director Jyotiprasad Agarwal is born.
17-Jun-1913
Baman Vasudev Chitale (Bal Chitale), Marathi story writer and editor, is born.
17-Jun-1917
Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba began living in Hridiya Kunj at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
17-Jun-1917
Krishna Kumar Chopra, physician and social worker, born in Lahore.
17-Jun-1928
Noted writer, philanthropist and builder of Odisha Pandit Gopabandhu Das passed away.
17-Jun-1933
The lawless campaign ended.
17-Jun-1947
Burma was adopted as a republic by the Constituent Assembly.
17-Jun-1950
Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India) died.
17-Jun-1961
The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter aircraft designed by German engineer Kurt Tank was the first to fly.
17-Jun-1965
Famous actor Motilal passed away
17-Jun-1973
Leander Wes Paes, bronze medalist tennis player at Atlanta Olympics (1996) is born. He also won French Open 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles).
17-Jun-1976
Opening of the Montreal Olympics.
17-Jun-1991
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was awarded (posthumously) to Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991).
17-Jun-1991
Bharat Ratna, India's most noteworthy honor, was granted (after death) to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875-1950).
17-Jun-1991
The Congress and its allies won absolute majorities in the Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana assemblies.
17-Jun-1991
Prominent writer Prabhakar Machwe passed away.
17-Jun-1993
The Congress(I) Working Committee reaffirmed its faith in Rao; BJP has demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister
17-Jun-1993
Veteran freedom fighter K.D. Dharmadhikari (Nana) has passed away.
17-Jun-1994
In Sikkim, 12 opposition MLAs resigned.
17-Jun-1995
UP Governor Motilal Vohra set the agenda for the two-day special session of the UP Assembly and asked the Speaker to take up a motion against himself first.
17-Jun-1996
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsangchalak Balasaheb Deoras passed away.
17-Jun-2000
Eminent jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate Daniel Latifi (83) died of cancer in New Delhi.
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