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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 |
| 11/28/1962 | K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died. |
| 2/1/1967 | Victor Paramjyoti, famous Indian music director, composer and critic, passed away. |
| 2/27/1993 | Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget. |
| 10/21/2000 | Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago. |
| 3/16/1986 | Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail. |
| 4/21/1995 | Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful. |
| 1/8/1927 | The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board. |
| 9/1/1995 | Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh. |
| 1/18/1995 | Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala. |
| 12/24/1891 | Chandra Singh Garhwali, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Masson, Patti Chauthan, Tehsil Thalisain, District Garhwal. |
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