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Historical Event on 8/17/1911

Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1941C. Y. Chintamani died.
5/26/1983R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away.
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
7/31/1946Jinnah threatens sanctions of ""Direct Action"".
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.
11/1/1999SC refuses to interfere with the Delhi High Court order in TRAI case.
9/17/1999Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.
4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.