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Historical Event on 12/17/1998
Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/22/2000 | P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry. |
| 1/5/1893 | Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions. |
| 6/24/1986 | Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave. |
| 7/17/1997 | K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state. |
| 1/31/1992 | LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran, declared offender in Rajiv Gandhi murder case and ordered to surrender by a Madras court. |
| 10/6/1999 | Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar. |
| 7/15/1955 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. |
| 4/5/1614 | Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. |
| 4/5/1614 | Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India. |
| 5/8/1992 | Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), passed away. |
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