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Historical Event on 8/17/1994

Opposition ends Parliament boycott.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/2/1991Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam.
5/27/1930Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
7/3/1936Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling during Cambridge U vs MCC match.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.
9/14/1868Swami Virjanand, Sanskrit grammar litterateur and master, passed away at the age of 90.
4/9/1965After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced.
9/24/1922Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah.
11/16/1713Chhatrapati Shahu appointed Balaji Vishwanath, a very remarkable man in Maratha history, as 'Peshwa'.
9/29/1991Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away.
11/20/1998Dr. Mohammed Yunus, Chairman of the Grameen Bank of Dhaka, is selected for the 1998 Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.