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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
2/4/1909Narayan Dattatreya Sane, two test cricket umpire 1959-60, left-hand opening batsman and fast bowler, was born at Vidarbha.
5/7/1912Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born.
6/15/1659Aurangzeb was declared as the Emperor of India at Red Fort Delhi.
10/12/1921Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona.
3/6/1915Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
4/9/1993Lt. Gen. B.C. Joshi to be the next army chief.
12/10/1948Human Rights Day.
2/3/1983Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'.
12/6/1952First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed.
3/10/1954The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954.