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Historical Event on 11/17/1994
Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1945 | UNO Day. |
| 2/28/1919 | Sunderlal Khurana, great politician and journalist, was born. |
| 6/4/1989 | Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died. |
| 9/19/2000 | India remains committed to a unilateral moratorium on nuclear tests, but we will not allow this stand to stand in the way of our protecting India's supreme natural interest,'' said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on his return from the US. |
| 7/26/1975 | Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations. |
| 11/25/1999 | Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize. |
| 10/13/1999 | No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes. |
| 7/7/1855 | As many as 30,000, people went to Calcutta alongwith weapons to fight the British army. |
| 1/10/1975 | India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
| 7/1/1947 | British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power. |
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