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Historical Event on 1/17/1987

Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
5/7/1994Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55.
11/1/1961First passenger Plane flight AVRO HS748.
1/23/1996Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93.
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
4/14/1962Sir Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya, father of modern engineering, passed away at the age of 102. He was receipent of ""Bharat Ratna"" Award.
9/27/1972Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.
11/15/1993IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.
10/30/1996CBI chargesheets Rao and six others including Buta Singh and Capt. Satish Sharma in the Rs. 3.5 cr. JMM MPs pay-off case.
2/11/1993Naik sacks six ministers in Maharashtra.