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17 June

🇮🇳 In India

1631 Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan, died. She was the second wife of Shah Jahan. She had bore him 14 children and died in childbirth. He built the Taj Mahal (construction work completed in 1654) in her memory. The project took 22 years and cost about 1400 crore rupees.

1674 Jijabai Bhonsle, who was the mother of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, died.

1973 Leander Paes, Indian professional tennis player who is considered as one of the greatest doubles player in the history of the sport, was born.

🌎 Elsewhere

1885 The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York. Gifted to the United States from the people of France, it has become one of the country's most recognized symbols.

1944 Iceland became a republic. The Nordic island country had previously been included in the Norwegian and Danish monarchies.

1946 The first mobile phone service, for 80-pound telephones installed in cars, was demonstrated in the US. The equipment filled much of a car’s trunk, and subscribers made calls by picking up the handset and speaking to a switchboard operator.

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