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Historical Event on 1/17/1997
Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/11/1962 | Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives. |
| 4/19/1997 | I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda. |
| 4/23/1968 | Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away. |
| 4/10/1919 | Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her. |
| 2/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
| 1/14/1882 | Maharshi Raghunath Dhondo Karve, father of Family Planning and Sex Education, was born. |
| 10/13/1877 | Bhulabhai Desai, politician, was born. |
| 5/12/1955 | The PM laid the foundation stone for the National Museum. |
| 9/11/1958 | India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled. |
| 12/4/1959 | Power Project was signed betwen India and Nepal, an agreement on the Gandak Irrigation. |
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