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Historical Event on 6/17/1961
The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/9/1942 | The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'. |
| 12/12/1999 | No transparency in judicial appointments, says Justice Kuldip Singh, retired judge of the Supreme Court. |
| 11/27/1972 | Bhutto reports the release of 616 Indian prisoners captured in the Indian-Pakistani dispute at Pakistan. |
| 4/22/1998 | India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region. |
| 3/16/1912 | Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system. |
| 1/10/1986 | Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India. |
| 4/17/1945 | Gandhiji, in a statement regarding the ensuing San Francisco Conference, says that 'peace is impossible without equality and freedom of India'. Also demands a just peace for Germany and Japan. |
| 10/18/1968 | Narendra Deepchand Hirwani, cricketer (Ind leggie 16 wickets vs WI on debut in 1988), was born in Gorakhpur. |
| 9/11/1895 | Vinoba Bhave (real name Vinayak Narhari Bhave), great Gandhian Acharya, was born at Ganoda village of Maharashtra. |
| 11/11/1924 | Rusi Sheriyar Modi, cricketer (Indian batsman in post-War years), was born in Surat, Gujarat. |
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