On this day, Indian woman astronaut Kalpana Chawla was born (Major events of March 17)

New Delhi (The Uttam Hindu): Following are the important events of March 17 in Indian and world history:-

763: Birth of Abbasid Caliph Harun-al-Rashid.

1406: Birth of Arab historian, sociologist Ibn Khaldun

1861: Unification of Italy.

1866: Agra High Court established, shifted to Allahabad in 1869.

1845: British inventor Stephen Parry patents the rubber band.

1920: Birth of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, first President of Bangladesh.

1957: Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay dies in an air crash.

1961: Indian female astronaut Kalpana Chawla was born.

1969: Golda Meir became the first woman Prime Minister of Israel.

1987: Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar retired from Test cricket.

1989: Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna, two-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away.

1990: Indian female badminton player Saina Nehwal was born.

1994: Russia decides to join NATO's Peace Cooperation Plan.

1996: Sri Lanka defeated Australia in the final of the Cricket World Cup and won the title.

2004: NASA's Messenger became the first spacecraft to enter orbit around Mercury.

2011: The United Nations approved a resolution to create a no-fly zone in Libya.

2013: Ten people killed in a suicide car attack in Basra, Iraq.

2016: Famous magician Paul Daniel passes away.

2019: Former Defence Minister of the country Manohar Parrikar passed away at the age of 63 after a long battle with cancer.

2020: Third death in the country due to COVID-19, the number of infected increases to 126.