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Historical Event on 12/17/1998
P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/25/1886 | Rash Behari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Palara Bighati village, West Bengal. |
| 9/3/1983 | U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million. |
| 8/8/1955 | Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. |
| 3/23/1995 | Shakti Chattopadhyay, famous poet, passed away. |
| 1/21/1924 | Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar. |
| 1/3/1938 | Jaswant Singh, son of Thakur Sardar Singh, was born in Jasol, Distt. Barmer (Rajasthan). |
| 5/17/1974 | Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
| 8/10/1855 | Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur court, was born. |
| 11/7/1936 | Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra. |
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