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Historical Event on 3/17/1985

Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/2000India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics.
2/10/1957Pranab Pankaj Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982), was born in Calcutta.
4/30/1996Re-polling in 445 stations in six states.
3/1/1990JD secures four-fifth majority in Orissa Assembly elections; Biju Patnaik becomes the new CM.
6/24/1763Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
5/6/1971India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.
1/26/1957Shivlal Nandlal Yadav, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87), was born in Hyderabad.
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.
3/20/1965Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi.