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Historical Event on 8/17/1911

Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1989The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful.
4/13/1984India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah.
1/30/1996Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore.
9/29/1997IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites.
2/21/1995The plan outlay for Andhra Pradesh for 1995-96 fixed at Rs. 3.159 crores.
10/28/1997Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
5/23/1984Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat.
6/20/1992Carnatic musician Maharajapuram Santhanam died in a car accident in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.
8/30/1928Jawaharlal Nehru lays his plans for a free India and becomes president of Congress Party in 1929.