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Historical Event on 9/17/1999

Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1946Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"".
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
12/19/1988Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died.
11/24/1992It was decided that Lok Sabha session would start with the national song ""Vande Mataram"" and end with National Anthem ""Jana Gana
10/1/1887Pandit Hridaynath Ajudhianath Kunzru, politician and social worker, was born at Agra.
11/29/1962Haryana achieved their target of supplying electricity to 100\% villages.
12/20/1993India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels.
5/24/1993India and Uzbekistan sign five pacts.
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
9/21/1895Annapurnanand, great writer, was born.