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Historical Event on 6/17/2000

Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1988Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
10/16/1997Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial).
2/4/1924Mahatma Gandhi released from prison unconditionally at Bombay.
2/17/1931Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"".
9/7/1887Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, was born at Dhamrai in Dhaka now in Bangladesh.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
11/15/1991Insurance official Dr. S.L. Khosa freed in Kashmir in exchange for a militant.
3/6/1990India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament.
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
7/5/1999Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta.