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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 |
| 3/31/1904 | British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans. |
| 2/26/1966 | 34 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'. |
| 6/13/1931 | Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London. |
| 2/9/1917 | Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born. |
| 11/25/1977 | John Lobo became the Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/79). |
| 3/3/1885 | Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt). |
| 5/2/1981 | Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away. |
| 1/21/1910 | Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born. |
| 10/13/1987 | Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay. |
| 1/14/1641 | United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed. |
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