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Historical Event on 6/17/1862
Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/6/1987 | MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force. |
| 1/29/1994 | Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies. |
| 5/31/1997 | Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore. |
| 10/2/1982 | Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died. |
| 5/17/1998 | US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT. |
| 5/18/1992 | President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing. |
| 8/15/1921 | Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born . |
| 7/31/1980 | Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40. |
| 9/30/1881 | Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, was born at Kanadukattam, Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/26/1882 | Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta. |
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