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Historical Event on 5/17/1998
US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/9/1987 | Official Languages Rules, 1976 amended. |
| 2/27/1931 | Chandrashekhar Azad of Hindustan Republican Army shot himself to avoid British police arrest at Alfred Park, Allahabad. |
| 5/17/1996 | Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side. |
| 1/2/1979 | Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies). |
| 6/7/1997 | At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple. |
| 11/14/1889 | Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957. |
| 10/24/1994 | The Supreme Court refused to answer Presidential reference on Ayodhya and acquisition of disputed land was upheld. |
| 1/1/1934 | Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka. |
| 6/24/1980 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri, former president of India, died at Madras. |
| 3/19/1954 | The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea. |
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