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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 |
| 8/1/1990 | Devi Lal, Dy. PM, dropped from Union Cabinet following wild charges he made against colleagues in an interview with the 'Illustrated Weekly'. |
| 4/22/1993 | Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike. |
| 7/27/1927 | Krishna Baldev Vaid, famous story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 5/9/1996 | Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns. |
| 7/16/1917 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born. |
| 12/5/1905 | Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was born in Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir. |
| 1/8/1947 | Rajasthan University established at Jaipur. |
| 4/30/1909 | R. Shankar, politician, journalist and former Chief Minister of Kerala, was born. |
| 1/14/1994 | C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away. |
| 2/1/1976 | Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978. |
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