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Historical Event on 8/17/1970

The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1991Narasimhan committee on Monetary Reforms recommends that there should not be any further nationalisation of banks. Loan-melas assailed.
8/3/1993Bill to regulate cable TV introduced in Rajya Sabha.
6/17/1862Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.
6/14/1997India expresses regret over ""inadvertent intrusion"" of IAF helicopter into Bangladesh territory.
11/9/2000The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote.
3/20/1993Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai.
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.
12/20/1948Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot.
1/29/1953Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated.
12/28/1977Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died.