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Historical Event on 12/17/1971

Ceasefire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir and end of Indo-Pak war.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1935Britain signs the Trade Pack with India.
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
9/29/1991Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away.
2/22/1997India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0.
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
2/16/1942The third IAF unit to operate the Lysander was No.4 Squadron, formed with four aircraft on 16 February 1942. This squadron was to continue to operate the Westland aircraft until it too was re-equipped with the Hurricane in June 1943.
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12/19/2000A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.
4/3/1999Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation.