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Historical Event on 3/17/1997
A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/28/1996 | Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram. |
| 11/5/1915 | Balasaheb Devras, sar sanghchalak of RSS, was born. |
| 10/12/1952 | Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s vs New Zealand. |
| 7/12/1996 | Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months. |
| 3/10/1939 | 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India. |
| 8/8/1932 | Dada Kondke, famous Marathi actor, was born. |
| 12/28/1998 | India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past. |
| 2/15/1924 | Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, great leader of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 4/13/1989 | Malayalam film 'Piravi' directed by Shaji N. Karun adjudged best feature film of 1988. |
| 10/16/1992 | Capt. P. K. Sahgal of Azad Hind Fauz died. During the trial at the Red Fort, he said, "Beacuse I wanted freedom for my motherland , I was ready to shed my blood for it." (15-5-97 |
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