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Historical Event on 6/17/1961
The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/18/1917 | Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born. |
| 12/16/1994 | Pratap Singh Rane of Congress (I) takes oath of office. |
| 2/28/1967 | General Election ( 4th) of India ends. |
| 11/13/1999 | Punjab Police men, Railways women emerged Federation Cup basketball champions in Jalandhar. |
| 8/7/1906 | First Tricoloured National Flag consisting of Green, Yellow and Red, with eight Lotuses on the top, second strip carrying ""Vande Matara"" in Devnagri and the third strip having Sun and Cresent Moon, was hoisted at Green Park in Calcutta by Surendranath Banerjee. |
| 1/6/1999 | Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28. |
| 1/28/1937 | Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born. |
| 3/11/1795 | Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals. |
| 10/20/1991 | 6.1-7.1 earthquake in uttar Kashi and three northern districts of UP in the Himalayan foothills kills more than 1,600 people. |
| 1/1/1995 | 8th World Tamil Conference begins in Madurai. |
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