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Historical Event on 5/17/1992

Import of 106 life-saving drugs and 37 equipments allowed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1946De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above.
6/17/1674Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
3/3/1999Four members of the forward Bhumihar community and alleged members of the Ranbir Sena are gunned down by an armed squad of the People's War Group in Bhimpura village of Jehanbad district in Bihar.
2/18/1988Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, freedom fighter, political leader, great social reformer, teacher and national president of Samyukta Socialist Party, passed away.
2/15/1993India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
3/14/1990Akash' missile tested successfully.
10/5/1890Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born.
11/19/1917Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades