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Historical Event on 9/17/1937

Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/19/1993Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines.
1/23/1999An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district.
4/17/1946Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away.
10/6/1998Railways wins the BOB-Senior National Hockey championship for women defeating Haryana in the final at Chennai.
9/29/1994Cable Television Regulation Ordinance issued.
1/1/1995This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".
2/17/1997Anand finishes sixth in the City of Linares category 19 chess where Kasparov makes in four-in-a-row.
10/28/1992Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.
8/17/1916Amritlal Naagar was born.
1/27/1995Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port.