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Historical Event on 1/17/1993
LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/1/1983 | Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re |
| 8/19/1994 | Rupee made fully convertible on current account. |
| 4/14/1990 | L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa. |
| 4/24/1980 | Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief. |
| 1/17/1992 | Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away. |
| 1/3/1880 | Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started. |
| 6/5/1994 | India test-fires a missile capable of reaching targets in China. |
| 8/27/1910 | Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia. |
| 7/15/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V. C. Shukla, Arif Mohammed Khan and Arun Nehru from Congress for anti-party activities. |
| 1/10/1966 | Tashkent Conference between Pakistan and Indian leaders ended after signing of peace accord by Lal Bahadur Shastri and General Ayub Khan. |
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