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Historical Event on 10/17/1994
Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/5/1909 | Phiroze Edulji Palia, left-hand batsman and slow spin bowler, was born in Mumbai. He played in India's first Test at Lord's in 1932. |
| 3/3/1996 | Haryana govt. bans liquor vends and bars in rural areas. |
| 3/22/1997 | Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 12/24/2000 | Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran. |
| 12/24/2000 | Saint Kabir was born. |
| 1/24/1996 | H.K.L. Bhagat, senior Congress politician and former minister, arrested in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case. |
| 6/1/1997 | Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu. |
| 9/24/1936 | It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity. |
| 9/24/1936 | Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born. |
| 3/12/1992 | India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean. |
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