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Historical Event on 8/17/1998

The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
4/19/1995Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala.
8/10/1758Marathas won the Atak.
10/16/1896Govindas Seth, hindi litterateur and politician, was born.
2/24/1674Prataprao Gujar, a great Maratha warrior at the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).
10/2/1969Gandhi's birth centenary celebrated all over the country.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
9/22/1931Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London.
6/9/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans, alias Bal Gandharva, went into a coma in Bombay and never regained his consciousness.