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Historical Event on 4/17/1997

Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/2/1994India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.
8/14/1954'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai.
1/2/1899Monks started living in Belur Math.
1/31/1996Asia's first Sports University inaugurated in Pune.
6/15/1986K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
5/21/1990PM V. P. Singh clears the Rs. 13,000 crore Sardar Sarovar Project over the river Narmada.
2/18/1665The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England.
10/26/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
7/19/1998Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.