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Historical Event on 12/17/1998
P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/13/2000 | Parliament approves TRAI Bill seeking to bifurcate it into a Tribunal and a Regulator, with the Rajya Sabha passing the measure by a voice vote. |
| 10/6/1927 | The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay. |
| 1/24/1958 | First international Film Festival started in Mumbai. |
| 3/3/1982 | Firaq Gorakhpuri ""Raghupati Sahay"", great writer, nationalist and who revolutionised Urdu poetry, died. |
| 5/15/1958 | Gift Tax Act was introduced. |
| 7/16/1929 | Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an autonomous apex national organisation which plans, conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for advancement of agriculture and allied sciences, was established. It has 45 Central Research Institutes, 4 National Bureaux, 10 Project Directorates, 30 National Research Centres, 90 All India Co-ordinated Research Projects, 261 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 8 Trainers Training Centres. |
| 2/19/1994 | Chambal dacoit Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen, was freed on parole after 11 years of incarceration. |
| 6/20/1985 | The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan. |
| 2/24/1996 | Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA. |
| 12/5/1905 | Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was born in Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir. |
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