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Historical Event on 3/17/1991
The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-IA completes three years of successful operation. (18-3-91).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/13/1796 | The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India. |
| 1/21/1997 | First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government. |
| 7/22/1678 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Vellore. |
| 12/15/1976 | Baichung Bhutia, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Gangtok, Sikkim. |
| 7/29/1891 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur and Hindi writer, passed away in Calcutta. |
| 9/12/1898 | Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born. |
| 5/27/1999 | IAF loses two fighter aircrafts in the Kargil area. Pakistan claims it has Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa in its custody. |
| 3/29/1970 | Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March. |
| 10/9/2000 | The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle. |
| 5/21/1935 | Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life. |
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