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Historical Event on 10/17/1997

Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
4/12/1976India set 403 to win against the West Indies.
11/10/1922S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka.
4/7/1938Kashiram Chhabildas Rana was born in Surat (Gujarat).
7/5/1995Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.
7/14/1992The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K.
2/20/1827Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, great social worker and founder of `Satyashodhak Samrajya', was born in Pune.
8/25/1919Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born.
5/24/1999Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.
8/9/1909Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet, play writer, critic of literature, educationist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Savanur.