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Historical Event on 10/17/1999
Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/17/1916 | Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore. |
| 7/20/1911 | Mohammed Baqa Jilani Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936), was born in Jullandur. |
| 4/24/1965 | Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal. |
| 9/17/1899 | First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa. |
| 12/10/1969 | Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born crop expert, whose research on new strains of high-yielding rice and wheat has led to a Green Revolution in developing countries, was awarded the Nobel peace prize today. Working at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of Mexico since 1944, Borlaug, 56, has directed a team of agronomists working on the development of new crop plant strains that have allowed Third World farmers to multiply yields dramatically. His organization has trained farm technicians from 29 countries, including India, Pakistan and Turkey, enabling them to move steadily toward the goal of self-sufficiency in food production. |
| 3/18/1896 | Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, was born at Amgaon, District Narsinghpur. |
| 3/9/1858 | Bahadurshah Jafar II, the last Mughal Emperor, was deported to Rangoon under the offence for rising of first Indian Mutiny in 1857. |
| 7/4/1902 | Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39. |
| 8/5/1604 | John Eliot, ""Apostle to Indians,"" Bible translator, baptized. |
| 12/23/1998 | Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour. |
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