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Historical Event on 6/17/1993

Congress (I) working committee reaffirms its faith in Rao; BJP asks for PM's resignation .

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1993Dr. K. N. Raju, a Nilakantan protegee, assumes office as NAL's fourth Director.
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.
1/10/1963Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India.
3/31/1993Kidnapped cardiac surgeon Dr. Abdul Ahad Guroo killed in Srinagar.
9/25/1936Juliet Prowse, actress (Who Killed Teddy Bear) and dancer, was born in Bombay, India.
2/18/1992Vasantrao Karnik, great journalist, passed away.
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
2/19/1986Computerised railway ticket reservation system was introduced in New Delhi Railway station.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.