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Historical Event on 11/17/1994

Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.

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12/17/1998Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.
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6/4/1993L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP.
2/27/1931Chandrashekhar Azad of Hindustan Republican Army shot himself to avoid British police arrest at Alfred Park, Allahabad.
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