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Historical Event on 11/17/1991
Narasimha Rao, PM, wins by-election in Nandyal with a record margin of 5,80,297 votes.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1997 | Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children. |
| 9/11/1987 | Mahadevi Verma, Gyanpith award winner and one of the greatest luminaries of modern Hindi literature, passed away. |
| 4/14/1944 | Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food. |
| 7/19/1925 | Dinesh Singh, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Kalakankar (U.P). |
| 6/30/1755 | Jayappa Shinde who was the son of Ronoji Shinde was murdered. |
| 11/24/1926 | Aurobindo Ghose, former I.C.S. and revolutionary, attained full enlightenment I.e 'Purna Siddhi'. |
| 9/7/1995 | Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar. |
| 1/2/1967 | University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State. |
| 4/15/1919 | Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal and Padma Vibhushan, DFC, was born in Lyalpur. |
| 6/25/1943 | No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status. |
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