Salt Lake City, Utah Indian Community - UtahIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 2/17/1994

Chimanbhai Patel, chief minister of Gujrat, passed away at the age of 65 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1991Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director, passed away.
4/12/1621Guru Teg Bahadur Singh, Sikh Guru, was born.
5/28/1883Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasik.
3/24/1946British Cabinet Mission came to India presided by Lord Pethick Lawrence.
5/16/1975Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory.
10/25/1951First General Election of India begins.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
10/9/1996PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
11/17/1932The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything.