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Historical Event on 10/17/1998
Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/31/1931 | Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born. |
| 4/22/1930 | Civil Disobedience at Dandi, 6th April 1930 and Civil Disobedience at Bombay, 7th April 1930, both documentary films produced by Krishna Film Co., Bombay, were prohibited by Censor Board on April 22, on the grounds that they were calculated to foster resistance to Government and to promote a breach of Law and Order. |
| 9/7/1931 | Meena Mangeshkar, famous playback singer, was born. |
| 8/30/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announced a package for small units raising the ceiling on loans from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 25 lakhs. For the handloom sector, a separate scheme costing Rs. 447 crores was also finalised. |
| 6/21/1941 | Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India. |
| 12/22/1986 | India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur. |
| 10/14/1997 | The two millionth Maruti vehicle rolled out. |
| 4/20/1888 | 246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India. |
| 4/1/1998 | Prabhat Kumar, a 1963 batch IAS officer, was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary of India. He succeeded T.S.R. Subramaniam and held the office till 31-10-2000. |
| 3/9/1993 | AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu. |
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