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Historical Event on 3/17/1991

The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-IA completes three years of successful operation. (18-3-91).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1994Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57.
11/8/1977Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away.
7/30/1622Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, Hanuman chalisa and many many more, died. There are difference in dates 30/7 or 23/10/1623.
3/12/1991Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray admits to an Opposition-sponsored motion for removal of the Supreme Court Judge V. Ramaswamy for alleged misappropriation of public funds, and sets up a three-Judge committee to investigate.
3/19/1998Abdul Rauf Seddiopui, Samajwadi Party leader, is shot dead near Jadharpur village in Bareilly district.
5/31/1968F.V. Arul became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 06/05/71).
5/27/1991Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.
10/2/1906Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour.
8/23/1942Gorabai Katiya, freedom fighter, was shot by police while participating in a procession for freedom movement in Narsihapur.
1/19/1987Narain Dutt Ojha made some sort of a record at the residence of the Chief Justice of India when he was sworn in as a Judge of Supreme Court at 10.00 p.m.