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Historical Event on 1/17/1989

Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1993Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra.
2/11/1993Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.
8/14/1968Pravin Kalyan Amre, cricketer (Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992), was born in Bombay.
4/11/1931Mahendranath Yeshwant Gupte, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1984-85, was born at Mumbai.
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
6/17/2000Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi.
11/27/1999BJP suspends former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Kalyan Singh from the primary membership of the Party for defying Mr. Vajpayee.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
6/28/1991K. Doraiswamy, a senior executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, was kidnapped by Kashmir ultras.
6/9/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India ends.