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Historical Event on 11/17/1986

SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1996Supreme Court says dowry demand even during marriage talks is an offence.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.
6/8/1948Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
4/25/1969Invalappil Mani Vijayan (or better known as IM Vijayan), Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trissur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1993, 1997, 1999. He scored the fastest ever International goal against Bhutan at the SAF Games '99, scoring after just 12 seconds.
9/12/1990Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
3/16/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.
9/4/1990An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities.
10/12/1976Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay.
10/1/1993Two more Election Commissioners appointed.