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Historical Event on 3/17/1997

Cochin Stock Exchange goes online.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/26/190723rd session of the Indian National Congress was presided by Dr. Rash Behari Bose. In this session, Congress was split into two groups named 'Extremists' under the leadership of Lala Lajpat Rai and 'Moderates' under the leadership of Dr. Rashbehari Bose. Sir Pherozeshah Mehta took active part on the moderate side. Anand Bazar reported with headings as ""The 23rd National Congress. Presidential Election. Tilak's Amendment. Uproarious Proceedings. Free Fight. Police Aid. Pandal Cleared. Police Escort Tilak. Adjourned Sine Die"".
7/23/1988Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), died.
8/15/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.
5/9/1996Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns.
11/2/1972ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
5/24/1999Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.
10/15/1915Dr. I. Gopalkrishnan, Cricket Test Umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Tamil Nadu.
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
10/20/1920Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919.
8/13/1988Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died.