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Historical Event on 11/17/1991

Sharad Pawar wins in Baramati.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1900Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer's leader, was born.
1/6/1948Security Council takes up India's complaint charging Pakistan with aggression in Kashmir.
9/7/1998Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order.
3/31/1998T. N. Mishra became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 04/01/99).
7/6/1927Prabhjot Kaur, great poet and author, was born at Langrayal (Pakistan).
3/4/1927Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born.
5/25/1877Sir John Lawrence--passenger steamer of McLean & Co. of Calcutta--sank near the coastline of Orrisa in a storm. This ship carried 732 passengers.
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader and who helped lay the foundation for India's independence, was born at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.