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Historical Event on 8/17/1911

Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1947Independence of India Bill passed.
7/4/1914Savlaram Ravji Patil (P. Savlaram), film lyrisist and story writer, was born.
8/9/1971Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died.
9/10/1924K.T. Gopalkrishnan, famous Hindi writer, was born at Azhicode.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
4/12/1801Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
10/30/1996ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate.
4/6/1978Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by an innings and 193 runs to win Ranji Trophy.
8/4/1997Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).