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Historical Event on 12/17/1998

Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1950Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away.
5/6/1944Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
9/25/1927Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).
10/28/1998The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.
2/27/1993Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura CM, resigns.
2/27/1993Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
4/9/1669Aurangzeb issued a general order all the schools and temples of the infidels.
11/18/1948Nearly 500 people were drowned when the ferry steamer Narayan River capsized and sank in the Ganga near Patna.
6/30/1968Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous journalist and litterateur, passed away.
10/19/1875The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.