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Historical Event on 2/17/1976

Urban Ceilings Act comes into force.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1992LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala.
5/30/1915Krishen Behari Lall, Indian Civil Service and Diplomat, was born at Delhi.
2/8/1971Indira Congress wins the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha. Indira Gandhi becomes PM.
11/20/1955Polly Umrigar scores India's first Test double century, 223 vs NZ.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
5/6/1967Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
7/16/1909Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana.
2/4/1934Madhusudan Das ""Utkal Gourab"", passed away. He was described as a great Indian patriot, who wore himself out is giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes. He wrote a number of articles and poems both in Oriya, English and Bengali to fill people with enthusiasm and patriotism. He was the first non-official Vice Chairman and then Chairman of Cuttack District Board.
5/8/1901British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
8/17/1944Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence.