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Historical Event on 9/17/1999
Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1921 | Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta. |
| 5/15/1817 | Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born. |
| 8/5/1905 | Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, was born. |
| 5/18/1945 | Bhagwat Subramaniam Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), was born in Banglore. He received Arjun Award and Padmashree awards in 1972. |
| 6/15/1966 | U.S. resumes full economic aid to India and Pakistan. |
| 4/23/1751 | Gilbert Aliat Minto, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 6/20/1869 | Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum. |
| 3/31/1994 | U.R. Rao, retiring ISRO Chairman, announces agreement with Russia for supplying 7 cryogenic engines. |
| 8/16/1922 | Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska. |
| 11/25/1948 | National Cadet Corps was first established. |
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