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Historical Event on 4/17/1998

BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/14/199315 bus passengers massacred in J&K.
4/24/1996SC holds that bank managers acting beyond their authority in allowing overdrafts and passing cheques would be amounted to committing misconduct.
7/25/1997Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.
12/29/1949Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer), was born in Madras.
5/7/1985Adoor Gopalakrishnan adjudged Best Director (Mukhamukham) in national film awards.
8/2/1763British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle.
6/15/1659Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi.
3/12/1992Centenary celebrations held at Kasturba Hospital for Infections diseases. (CIVIC).
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
2/22/1947Nehru welcomes British independence offer, invites Muslims to join at New Delhi.