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Historical Event on 1/17/1985
Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test vs England.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/28/1999 | Pakistan decides to ease visa restrictions for the aged, women and children from India in response to New Delhi's move towards visa relaxation for several categories of Pakistani nationals. |
| 7/18/1997 | Fifth Pay Commission report approved by Central Govt. |
| 4/19/1993 | Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle. |
| 1/8/1890 | Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary. |
| 5/17/1897 | Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born. |
| 3/16/1999 | Amarjeet Kaypee of Haryana, during an innings of 148 against Madhya Pradesh in the super-league match at Rajnandgaon, overtook Ashok Malhotra's 7,274 runs and became the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy. |
| 7/1/1961 | Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal. |
| 3/21/1997 | Foreign currency reserves of RBI stand at $16 billions, which was a record of sorts. |
| 5/3/1977 | Hamid Dalwai, father of Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal in Maharashtra, passed away. |
| 8/29/1905 | Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day. |
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