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Historical Event on 2/17/1998

Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1939Ramkrishna Mission Sanskritik Sansthan (Institute of Culture) was established.
10/27/1907Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died.
11/24/1969Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab.
12/25/1946Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"".
4/13/1993Bhupan Hazarika wins Phalke Award for 1992.
4/10/1930Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay.
8/10/1904Japanese troups were defeated by the Russian Amry at Port Aurther.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
1/19/1966Malik Kafur, Alauddin Khilji's Commander, won the impregnable fort of Devgiri. The fort was entered by the enemy. Raja Ramdeva was taken prisoner and sent to Delhi where Alauddin recieved him untill his death in 1312.
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.