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Historical Event on 9/17/1937

Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1990General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.
5/3/1994Election Commission recognises DMK headed by M. Karunanidhi as the rightful claimant to the symbol of rising sun and the flag reserved for it.
1/23/1927Balasaheb Thackrey, Shiv Sena chief and Hindu Hriday Samrat, was born.
1/23/1920Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started.
10/1/1958Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
9/29/1977India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water.
9/25/2000A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985.
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
6/1/1904Four Language panel were used for Rangoon. This panel had languages namely Burmese, Urdu, Tamil and Chinese.
7/19/1952India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 runs earlier in the day.