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Historical Event on 2/17/1997
Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/24/1994 | Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%. |
| 9/19/1996 | India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India. |
| 3/2/1986 | Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away. |
| 11/18/1997 | Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children. |
| 6/25/1888 | Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born. |
| 1/5/1994 | Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada). |
| 8/16/1886 | Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple. |
| 10/28/1867 | Swami Vivekanand Sister Nivedita, great freedom fighter, revolutionary and politician, was born at Dunganon in Ireland. |
| 10/14/1997 | Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Amritsar and spend time at the Jallianwala Bagh and Golden Temple complex. |
| 1/23/1999 | An Australian missionary, Graham Stewart Staines, and his two sons Philip and Timothy are burnt to death by miscreants near Manoharpur village in Orissa's Keonjhar district. |
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