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Historical Event on 6/17/1950

Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/17/1799Srirangapatnam was surrounded by British Army in the fourth and last Mysore war which began in 1798. Tipu Sultan' was killed in the battle on 4th May. The East India Company announced the Seringapatanam Medal (1799).
7/31/1993Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
8/18/1997Shanvac-B, India's first genetically engineered vaccine for Hepatitis B was launched.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
9/5/1997CBI chargesheets former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief for possessing assets disproportionate to his income.
4/14/1990Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
8/10/1755Narayanrao Peshwa was born.
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
10/14/1997Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Amritsar and spend time at the Jallianwala Bagh and Golden Temple complex.