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Historical Event on 5/17/1992

Import of 106 life-saving drugs and 37 equipments allowed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/27/1999Union Budget presented. Fiscal deficit cut to 4.4 per cent.
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
1/24/1994India sends six proposals to Pakistan to resolve bilateral problems.
4/6/1942During the second world war, for the first time Japanese air-bombers attacked India, and the mainland took place at Visakhapatnam.
12/11/1999Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
3/17/1987Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.
10/12/1946Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), was born in Bombay.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.