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Historical Event on 2/17/1992
S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/26/1991 | Chautala loses majority after the disqualification of three Janata Dal (S) members. Janata Party merges with Janata Dal (S). |
| 6/27/1998 | Mr. Nikhil Chakravartty, journalist and chairman of Prasar Bharati, dies in New Delhi at 84. |
| 12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
| 3/9/1902 | Edward Durell Stone, US architect (US Embassy, New Delhi), was born. |
| 9/21/1746 | French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras. |
| 12/4/1997 | World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State. |
| 1/16/1920 | Nani Palkhiwala, famous law expert, was born. |
| 8/29/1975 | Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away. |
| 11/16/1887 | Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 4/3/1946 | Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive. |
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