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Historical Event on 10/17/1997
Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1670 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the great Maratha, was born. |
| 6/1/1997 | Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu. |
| 9/18/1917 | Sher Singh, educationist and politician, was born at Baghpur (Haryana). |
| 11/9/1942 | Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died. |
| 6/20/1996 | Govt. of India declares at Geneva conference on 'Global Ban On Nuclear Testing' that it won't sign the CTBT. |
| 1/15/1971 | Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away. |
| 9/14/1923 | Ram Jethmalani, famous law expert and politician, was born. |
| 9/2/1998 | Nishant, the pilotless training aircraft developed by DRDO, is successfully flown from Chandipore. |
| 5/8/1962 | Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal. |
| 9/19/1960 | Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan. |
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