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Historical Event on 2/17/1998

Re-poll is ordered in 599 polling stations spread over nine states, following reports of largescale booth capturing. The Election Commission is to probe malpractices in Madhepura, Baghpat and Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/1993Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai.
10/20/1990Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.
7/9/1993Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300.
9/5/1957Wealth Tax Bill passed in Rajya Sabha.
6/22/1935Vaman Viswanath Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests), was born in Madras.
9/26/1946Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell.
8/27/1987B. Shankaranand appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the Bofors gun deal.
1/2/1754Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.
7/6/1998Moshood Abiola, the detained Nigerian politician and presumed winner of the 1993 elections, died in Abuja.