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Historical Event on 6/17/1991

Congress and its allies secure absolute majority in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana Assemblies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1989Dr. A. P. Mukherjee became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation till 11/01/90.
2/18/1997Dhaniram Baruah, controversial heart surgeon who claimed to have transplanted a pig's heart into one of his patients, released on bail in Guwahati.
3/2/1996Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup, but India still lose the match.
2/6/1992The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry.
5/2/1982Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut.
5/2/195340 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers.
2/23/1993Pre-budget Economic Survey proposes closure of sick PSE and rationalisation of tax and interests rates.
6/1/1992Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Academy established at Satara.
8/30/1990Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill.
12/19/1978The Lok Sabha expels Indira Gandhi from the House and sentences her to imprisonment for a term lasting its prorogation. She was released from jail on December 26.