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Historical Event on 4/17/1996

Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/7/1825First Steam Engine Ship ""Enterprise"" reached Calcutta.
11/18/1911Free primary school education is introduced.
2/20/2000Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court's order quashing charges framed against the former Chief Minister, Mr. S. Bangarappa, and directs the trial court to proceed in the corruption case.
12/23/1944U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born.
1/4/1881Publication of newspaper 'Kesri' started.
1/18/1995Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala.
2/1/1901Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
9/29/1999Jaswant Singh, External Affairs Minister, meet his Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz meet at the SAARC ministerial meeting.
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
7/5/1905Lord Curzon joined the part of Bengal to Asam and divided Bengal.