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Historical Event on 1/17/1989
Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/10/1931 | Capital of India shifted from Old Delhi to New Delhi, formal inauguration of New Delhi City took place. |
| 12/14/1952 | Roshan Harshadlal ""Deepak"" Shodhan scored 110 in his Test Cricket debut vs Pakistan in Calcutta. |
| 10/6/1999 | Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar. |
| 12/17/1905 | Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 8/18/1911 | Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born. |
| 1/16/1995 | India and USA form new trade framework called Indo-US Commercial Alliance and signs contracts worth $ 1.4 b. |
| 12/10/1907 | Rudyard Kipling, author of `The Jungle Book' and `Kim', received the Nobel prize for literature. |
| 9/30/1881 | Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, was born at Kanadukattam, Tamil Nadu. |
| 8/30/1990 | Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill. |
| 12/5/1999 | The Union Home Ministry ask Intelligence Bureau (IB) to conduct an inquiry against IB officials in ISRO spy case. |
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