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Historical Event on 2/17/1998

Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1757Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula was captured and assassinated. He was stabbed with a knife by Muhammad Beg at the instance of Miran, son of Mir Zafar.
10/24/1954Rafi Ahmad Kidwai, Congress leader, died.
10/11/1991BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land.
9/11/1954Ram Naresh, editor and Hindi author, was born.
5/2/1769Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born.
1/7/1928Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar.
12/14/1946Sanjay Gandhi, youth Congress leader, was born in New Delhi.
5/8/1954Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.
1/15/1899Musaffir, Giani Gurmukh Singh, writer and politician, was born at Udhwal (Pakistan).
8/17/1882Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.