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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
5/2/1953Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.
12/23/1989V. C. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 11-12-1990.
6/20/1992The JD and the NF choose former Lok Sabha Dy Speaker Prof. G. G. Swell as the Presidential candidate.
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.
11/1/1966Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory.
9/7/1887Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, was born at Dhamrai in Dhaka now in Bangladesh.
6/15/1990Punjab Government returned gold and other valuables seized from Golden Temple during the 1984 Blue Star operation to SGPC.
3/13/1997Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.
9/7/1993India and China sign border peace accord.