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Historical Event on 5/17/1998
US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/11/1959 | Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi). |
| 11/15/1937 | Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) ""Kamayanee"" and plays ""Chandra Gupt"" and ""Ska |
| 4/9/1986 | First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada. |
| 12/11/1967 | 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed. |
| 8/9/1965 | Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori). |
| 4/15/1938 | Madhurima. Ch, educationist and artist, was born in Begusarai, Bihar . |
| 3/1/1971 | General Election ( 5th) of India begins. |
| 10/23/1883 | Mirza Mohammad Ismile, Diwan of Mysore and Prime Minister of Hydrabad and Jaipur, was born. |
| 7/25/1929 | Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born. |
| 8/17/1947 | The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence. |
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