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Historical Event on 6/17/1862
Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.
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| 6/8/1915 | Geeta Rahasya', written by Lokmanya Tilak, published. |
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| 12/12/1959 | Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India. |
| 2/28/1997 | Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98. |
| 11/10/1922 | S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka. |
| 1/16/1942 | Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress. |
| 2/28/1900 | Kondedera Madappa Kariappa, first General of independent India, was born. |
| 11/23/1933 | Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi. |
| 11/24/1930 | Chandrakant Trimbak Patankar, cricketer ( wicket keeper in one Test India vs NZ 1955-56), was born in Pen, Maharashtra. |
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