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Historical Event on 1/17/1999

Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1911Rappal Sangmeshwar Krishnan, noted physics expert of India, was born.
9/6/1996CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
5/27/1994Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away.
8/2/1993CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
12/23/1930The British governor of Punjab was wounded in an assassination attempt.
12/23/1930Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
4/24/1995K. Karunakaran elected to Rajya Sabha.