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Historical Event on 10/17/1996
President's rule reimposed in U.P.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/23/1912 | Kilachand Ambalal, great industrialist, was born. |
| 1/16/1973 | Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976. |
| 12/8/1998 | An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award. |
| 9/6/1972 | Allauddin Khan, famous Sarod player, passed away. |
| 5/18/1772 | Janoji Bhosle, warrior in Peshwa kingdom, passed away. |
| 5/18/1772 | Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years. |
| 5/19/1991 | About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha. |
| 12/13/1994 | Vishwanath Annappa Tatyasaheb Kore, Padmashri awardee, passed away. |
| 9/8/1911 | Anand Gopal Sheorey, great Hindi writer, litterateur and journalist, was born at Sausar in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 1/30/1993 | Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district. |
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