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Historical Event on 9/17/1997

Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/8/1955Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
3/27/1989T. N. Seshan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 23-12-1989.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
9/21/1995Rumors that statues of the Hindu god Ganesh were drinking milk spread in New Delhi.
9/30/2000India's Priyanka Chopra (18) wins the Miss World beauty pageant.
4/14/1925Harisingh Gogumal Kishanchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), was born in Karachi.
8/28/1934Justice Sujata Manohar was born.
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.
3/5/1919M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore.