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Historical Event on 12/17/1998
P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/21/1934 | Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67), was born in Pune. |
| 7/1/1961 | Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal. |
| 4/3/1999 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation. |
| 3/5/1995 | India and China agree to open two new border points including Nathu La (Sikkim) to facilitate meetings between their military personnel. |
| 12/4/1973 | Mohan Rakesh, famous modern Hindi dramatist, novelist and story writer, passed away. |
| 5/27/1952 | The use of Hindi language in addition to English language and of Devnagri form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals was authorised for warrants of appointments of Governors of State, Judges of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Court. |
| 12/24/1880 | Pattabhi Sitaramayya, politician and president of Indian National Congress, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 4/24/1972 | Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away. |
| 3/25/1927 | Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 2/2/1967 | US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India. |
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