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Historical Event on 6/17/1839

Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1952First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed.
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
2/11/1980Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away.
5/21/1998India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing.
9/20/1993Narsimha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in Teheran on a three-day visit.
12/5/1990With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers.
1/17/1999Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta.
12/1/1998P. Subramaniam Poti (75), former Chief Justice of Kerala and Gujarat High Court, dies of a heart attack.
7/17/1996All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.