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Historical Event on 3/17/1989
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, president of Lok Dal (B) and former Union Minister, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/19/1961 | Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops. |
| 8/6/1991 | Ramakrishna Hegde disqualified as MLA. |
| 5/26/1906 | Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"". |
| 10/10/1964 | Olympics opened at Tokyo |
| 10/25/1989 | P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad. |
| 9/4/1997 | Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri. |
| 4/22/1921 | Subhas Chandra Bose, resigned from Indian Civil Service, and formed South Calcutta Sevak Samiti after returning to India. He was also arrested for carrying our freedom movement. |
| 1/1/1999 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"". |
| 12/4/1910 | Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India (1987-92), was born. |
| 1/15/1898 | Nanasaheb Ramji Tawde, educationist and scientist, was born at Taluq Malvan, Maharashtra. |
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