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Historical Event on 3/17/1997

Cochin Stock Exchange goes online.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1935Savita Jajodiya, famous Marathi writer, was born.
7/20/1911Mohammed Baqa Jilani Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936), was born in Jullandur.
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
11/15/1817Battle of Yerwada.
4/30/1998Anna Hazare, social worker, was awarded the CARE International humanitarian award for 1998.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
6/19/1999The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart.
4/6/1998The Sonia Gandhi era begins in the Congress(I) with a special AICC session ratifying the decision of the CWC appointing her president in place of Sitaram Kesri.
9/15/1860M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
7/8/1928Eighteen died when an East Indian Railroad train was derailed after saboteurs removed part of the tracks.