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Historical Event on 10/17/1997

Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).
4/1/1979Central Institute of Fisheries Education came under the Administrative Control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
7/25/1982Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President.
10/18/1995Baby Naaz (Anuradha Bhakkar), famous child actor, died.
12/23/1976Indira Gandhi attacks the pro-Moscow Communist party for enticing her son Sanjay, but she denies grooming him as her successor.
12/6/1952First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed.
1/19/1892Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
11/29/1952First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay.
10/3/1988Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive.