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Historical Event on 8/17/1970
The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/1/1994 | ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company. |
| 11/8/1991 | K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab. |
| 1/21/1981 | Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away. |
| 10/1/1995 | Aditya Birla, famous industrialist, died. |
| 4/18/1612 | Marriage of Shahjahan and Mumtaj Mahal. |
| 3/19/1936 | Raghav Kaneria, great artist and decorator, was born. |
| 10/9/1931 | Air Force was established. |
| 12/8/1992 | World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'. |
| 6/1/1944 | Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away. |
| 7/24/2000 | S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad. |
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