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Historical Event on 9/17/1999

India and the United States begin high level consultations to find ways on countering terrorism.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1979Jairamdas Doulatram, great national leader, freedom fighter and journalist, passed away at Delhi. He played a vital role to recognised Sindhi as one of the national laguages of India.
4/14/1993The Cabinet Committee approves delicensing of car, refrigerator and leather goods industries.
10/10/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand was sworn in Chief Justice of India.
4/6/1664Harkhishan Singh, Sikh Guru, died.
10/30/1924Word Saving Day.
9/13/1990An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.
3/14/1931First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry.
11/27/1881Kashi Prasad Jayaswal, great lawyer, philosopher and eminent historian, was born at Mirzapur, UP.
9/14/1933Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India.
2/11/1993Andhra Naxalites release four out of six hostages.