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Historical Event on 11/17/1948
Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/17/1948 | Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district. |
| 10/15/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India. |
| 3/23/1994 | Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev. |
| 8/16/1901 | Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born. |
| 12/3/1971 | During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began. |
| 1/19/1985 | Dr. P. C. Alexander, principal secretary to the PM, quits following the arrest of three aides in an espionage case. |
| 7/11/1897 | Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district. |
| 11/9/1942 | Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died. |
| 5/17/1976 | 4 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak. |
| 7/1/1989 | Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established. |
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