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Historical Event on 8/17/1970

The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
6/7/1997Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
8/22/1942Harikrishna Kaul (Raja Pandit), administrator and Prime Minister of Jammu Kashmir and Patiyala, died.
3/31/1999The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.
3/7/199922 persons are killed and six injured when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the IAF crashes at Pappankulam near Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi.
11/17/1986SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.
11/21/1998India 'B' beats Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final of the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo.
3/10/1969Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.
8/12/1602Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir.
10/17/1994Seshan's controversial biography ''DMK'' obtains stay.