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Historical Event on 6/17/1994

Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
6/24/1989A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.
9/16/1973Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died.
12/12/1947Patel's statement in the Parliament, ""Pakistan will get Rs. 750,000,000 from the balance in cash.
6/30/1995CNN launches a 24-hour news channel in partnership with Doordarshan.
6/30/1995Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
3/1/1919Mahatma Gandhi announced his desire to start 'Satyagraha' against proposed Rowlatt Act meant to curb civil and political liberties.