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Historical Event on 2/17/1976

Urban Ceilings Act comes into force.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/24/1674Prataprao Gujar, a great Maratha warrior at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
3/13/1915Keshao Govind Jodh, social reformer, politician and lawyer, was born in Yevada, Maharashtra.
8/6/1996SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.
9/26/1946Gandhiji was interviewed with Wavell.
9/20/1928Narayan Guru ""Nanu"" of Kerala entered in maha Samadhi. His teachings are held in great reverence even today.
2/1/1994PM Rao attends the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos, Switzerland.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
9/7/1999Haider Noorani, BJP candidate for the Anantang Lok Sabha seat, killed in bomb blast.
12/22/2000Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle.
2/13/1601John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London.