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Historical Event on 11/17/1994
Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/27/1941 | Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India. |
| 12/24/1902 | Shashi Mukhi of Classic Theatre, Calcutta, was the first Indian to record on gramophone. This song was on 25 cms. one sided disc and the lyrics were ""Kanha Jeevan Dhan"" from the play Shri Krishna. The song was recorded by Gramophome and Typewriter Company. |
| 12/24/1902 | The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali. |
| 6/23/1997 | India and Pakistan reach accord on joint working groups to address outstanding issues including Kashmir and Siachen. |
| 9/17/1934 | Gandhiji announced his decision to retire from politics from October one to engage himself in the development of village industries, Harijan service and education through basic crafts. |
| 8/28/1997 | Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court. |
| 7/8/1907 | Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta. |
| 4/14/1998 | Kushabhau Thakre is declared elected BJP president. |
| 11/20/1999 | World sports award of the century given away in Vienna. The jury included IOC chief Samaranch, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Prince Albert of Monaco and motor racing chief Max Mosley. Award winners were: contact sports Muhammad Ali, Soccer-Pele, athletics-Carl Lewis and Nadia Comaneci, water sport Dawn Fraser and Mark Spitz; motor sport Alain Prost, tennis-Steffi Graf, basketball-Michael Jordan, winter sports (skiing) Annemarie Moser-Proell and Jean-Claude Killy. |
| 4/10/1997 | Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai. |
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