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Historical Event on 6/17/2000
Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/17/2000 | Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city. |
| 2/23/1997 | Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India. |
| 12/19/1917 | Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 11/14/1993 | Dr. Manibhai Desai, great Gandhian and social worker, passed away. |
| 5/1/1998 | India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there. |
| 10/31/1975 | Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died. |
| 1/20/1997 | The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg. |
| 11/15/1998 | Naresh & Girdhari Lal Yadav win the National Enterprise sailing championship in Mumbai. |
| 3/20/1977 | General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India. |
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