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Historical Event on 12/17/1998

P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
11/20/1967First Indian made Sounding Rocket 'Rohini RH75' launched into space from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
2/2/1968TERLS dedicated to the United Nations.
7/2/1938Chandra K. N. Patel was born at Baramati near Pune. In 1974, he was the youngest scientist to be elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. Besides, he is the recipient of the Ballantine Medal, The Worykin Award and The lamme Medal. Chandra K. N. Patel is the Executive Director of one of the divisions of the AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA.
5/24/1999Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
7/13/1990Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died.
6/18/1989India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.
11/1/1930S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.