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Historical Event on 3/17/1989

Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, president of Lok Dal (B) and former Union Minister, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1973Mohan Kumarmangalam, Central Minister, passed away in an air crash near Delhi.
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.
7/15/1997Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award.
8/2/1959Little Theatre was established.
1/25/1995India and South Africa sign three pacts to forge special ties.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.
2/18/1925Krishna Sobati, famous Hindi authoress, was born.
5/1/1996P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case.
6/12/1990CPI(M) accuses Communist Party of Soviet Union of departing from the basic ideology of Marxism-Leninism in the name of correcting past distortions.
10/1/1993The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.