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Historical Event on 3/17/1955
Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/15/1958 | Aruna Asaf Ali became the Mayor of Delhi. |
| 9/26/1992 | Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent. |
| 11/1/1985 | Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning. |
| 9/22/1994 | G. N. Joshi, famous singer, died. |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 1/14/1843 | Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born. |
| 12/29/1983 | Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies. |
| 4/4/1990 | Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989. |
| 12/22/1751 | Battle of Mandavgargh. |
| 1/30/1991 | Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President's rule imposed in Tamil Nadu. |
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