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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 |
| 8/13/1993 | Rama Rao vows not to return to the house unless the government is ousted. |
| 8/4/1967 | World's longest and highest Dam 'Nagarjun Sagar' made by Masonary System was inaugrated. |
| 5/25/1999 | The Prime Minister declares the Centre will take all possible steps to push back infiltrators in Kargil. |
| 3/22/1999 | Punjab men, Railway women emerged National basketball champions in Jaipur. |
| 9/11/1913 | Waman Ganesh Talwalkar, Marathi journalist and story writer, was born. |
| 6/19/1997 | Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued. |
| 3/5/1922 | Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman. |
| 8/1/1966 | Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was established at Palampur under the aegis of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, to cater to the need of hilly areas of erstwhile Punjab. |
| 2/4/1993 | D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away. |
| 3/3/1943 | Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days. |
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