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Historical Event on 11/17/1994

Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
7/1/1902K. S. Ranjit Singh ""Ranji"" scored 230 runs as the captain and Newham (153). They added 344 runs for 7th wkt at Sussex vs Essex.
6/18/1879Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.
5/23/1923Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52), was born in Calcutta.
12/12/1964HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight.
12/5/1992Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years.
5/21/1984Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.
2/23/1908Maharaj Kumar Raghubir Sinh, famous Hindi writer and historian, was born.