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Historical Event on 9/17/1997

Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1996Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth.
8/4/2000Pranab Mukherjee and S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress(I) leaders, get Best Parliamentarian awards for the year 1997-98.
1/16/1992For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat.
3/19/1848Lokhitwadi started his column 'Shatpatra' in the newspaper named 'Prabhakar'.
1/27/1967Maharashtra State Text book manufacturing and carriculum modification Corporation established at Pune.
7/1/1781British troops defeated Hyder Ali's progress. He was checked by Eyree Coote after the battle of Porto Novo and becamed subdued.
1/14/1982First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully.
4/18/2000The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players.
11/27/1935Prakash Bhandari, cricketer (3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs), was born in Delhi
11/27/193524 merchants gathered in London's Founder Hall under the auspices of Lord Mayor to start a new company with a share captial in India.