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Historical Event on 7/17/1997
K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/17/1997 | Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, attacked on Mughal Emperor Babur near Kanwa at Agra. |
| 12/15/1908 | Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala. |
| 1/25/1824 | Micheal Madhusudan Dutta, Bengali poet and dramatist, was born in Sagardari village of Jessore district. |
| 1/25/1824 | Mughals capture Ahmednagar. |
| 10/1/1990 | Constitution's 75th amendment bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months fails through the first stage in Lok Sabha for want of a simple majority. |
| 6/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away. |
| 6/20/1756 | A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here. |
| 2/25/1993 | BJP rally in New Delhi foiled. |
| 2/25/1993 | Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him. |
| 3/22/1914 | M. L. Bhowmik, social reformer and politician, was born Kailashahar, Tripura. |
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