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Historical Event on 3/17/1997

A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1992Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.
10/18/1992Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare.
10/28/1911Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat.
1/18/1994Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM.
11/7/2000Indrajit Bhalotia wins the Wills Southern Open golf tournament.
8/10/1905Sundarji Gokuldas Betard, modern Gujrathi poet, was born.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
12/1/1932A round-table conference on India fails to reach an agreement at London.
10/24/1934Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics.
2/24/1996Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.