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Historical Event on 3/17/1994

Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/28/1937Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born.
1/7/1956Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.
7/15/1986Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
3/11/1994The Supreme Court upholds sacking of BJP Governments; Balasaheb Deoras quits as RSS Chief; Rajendra Singh alias Rajju Bhaiya to succeed.
3/5/1931Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back.
11/21/1973Seth Govinddas, M.P. of Jabalpur, was honoured in the Central Hall of Parliament for completion of 50 years in Parliament, which was an unprecedented record.
7/23/1991Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
11/30/1998Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively.