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Historical Event on 8/17/1996

CBI seizes another Rs. 65 lakhs from Sukh Ram's residence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1985Muhammad Azharuddin created a world record at Kanpur by hitting a century in each of his first three test.
5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.
7/22/1991Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away.
1/10/1993Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.
5/13/1994Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
2/9/1917Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born.
11/12/1969Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).
5/30/1991Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.