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Historical Event on 3/17/1987
Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1913 | Weekly 'Pratap' was published from Kanpur which was edited by Ganesh Shankar Vidyrarthi. |
| 1/1/1903 | A vast crowd thronged the great plain outside Delhi today, waiting to hear the declaration that King Edward VII was Emperor of India. The crowd, clothed in brilliantly colored garments, was largely composed of common people who had come to the durbar to see India's princes pledge their fealty to the Emperor . The Duke of Connaught, representing King Edward, sat on the left of the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, who sat on a throne surrounded by giant silver footstools. Lord Curzon spoke briefly, then read a message from the King, who expressed regret at not being present at the durbar and his wishes for ""the increasing prosperity of my Indian Empire."" Among the dignitaries in the amphi-theater were 600 veterans of the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-58. |
| 1/1/1994 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Family"". |
| 8/15/1947 | Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the new boundaries of West Punjab, East Punjab, West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam. |
| 4/22/1996 | National Stock Exchange launches a new equity index - the NSE 50. |
| 12/10/1761 | Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10). |
| 1/14/1995 | The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy. |
| 6/3/1912 | Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born. |
| 9/14/1820 | Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning. |
| 1/29/1781 | First Newspaper, J.A.Hickey's Bengal Gazette - January 29, 1781. |
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