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Historical Event on 5/17/1992

R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1993Tata Steel's Amit Bhaduria win's India's first gold medal in the 10th Asian Track and Field meet in Manila in discus throw.
1/9/1935Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born.
3/17/1988First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.
3/20/1991Simultaneous polls in Tamil Nadu.
3/21/1995Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
10/16/193635 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay.
7/1/1975Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, declared a 20-point economic programme.
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.