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Historical Event on 3/17/2000
V.C. Pande, Bihar Governor, accords sanction to the CBI to prosecute RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in a disproportionate assets case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1867 | Sri Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao Pantulu, great freedom fighter, journalist, nationalist, politician, pioneer in library movement and litterateur, was born at Elakurru village in Gudivada Taluk, District Krishna. |
| 8/21/1972 | A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction. |
| 5/4/1994 | Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service. |
| 10/22/1937 | Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts. |
| 7/4/1789 | British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hydrabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore, on the understanding that a cavalry of 10,000 would attack Tipu's territory and the conquered area would be divided amongst the three. |
| 5/18/1988 | The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs. |
| 3/16/1901 | Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 6/1/1997 | Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu. |
| 8/1/1899 | Kamala Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, was born. |
| 7/27/1998 | The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers. |
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