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Historical Event on 12/17/2000

The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1998Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997.
1/29/1953Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated.
10/21/1950China invades Tibet.
7/6/1944Mahatama Gandhi was for the first time addressed as 'Father of Nation'.
8/1/1996T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998.
1/15/1934Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed.
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
1/2/1994India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.
9/2/1918Datta Deshmukh, water expert and President of `Lalnishan Party', was born.
10/11/1941Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born.