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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
5/29/1658Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra.
12/29/19578,000 ton cruiser INS Mysore commissioned.
5/9/1997At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh.
3/25/1927Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
5/13/1998World Bank cancels India donors meet.
1/16/1916Amat Debananda, politician, was born in Balani village at Orissa .
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
1/25/1992Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
12/29/1996Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested.