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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
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
9/19/1911Boyi Bhimanna, great Hindi writer, poet and prolific author, was born at Mamidikuduru in AP.
3/20/1970Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj.
4/13/1984India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah.
11/1/1936Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand, justice, was born at Jammu (J & K State). He was the Chief Justice of India from 10/10/1998.
1/29/1948Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas.
10/5/1907British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.
10/9/1945British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
2/13/1856East India Company captured Lucknow along with Avadh Kingdom.
1/7/1859The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29.