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Historical Event on 10/17/1999
Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1875 | Vallabhbhai Zaverbhai Patel, 'Iron man of India', was born at Nadiad, Gujarat. He was also the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. His father had served in the army of the Rani of Jhansi against Britishers. |
| 10/31/1875 | The first visit of Jesuit Priest of Goa in the Court of Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri. |
| 10/16/1968 | Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene. |
| 5/29/1953 | Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born. |
| 10/23/1883 | Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat. |
| 7/29/1901 | Rudyard Kipling, the renowned author of stories and poems about colonial India and an unofficial spokesman for the British Empire, joined the rising chorus of criticism in regard to Britain's conduct in the increasingly unpopular Boer War. |
| 8/22/2000 | Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs. |
| 7/5/1993 | Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff. |
| 10/24/1994 | Justice Ahmad Mushabber Ahmadi sworn in as Chief Justice of India. |
| 4/27/1857 | Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born. |
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