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Historical Event on 2/17/1998
Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/13/1905 | Sister Nivedita died. |
| 1/28/1853 | Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba. |
| 7/1/1821 | Daily newspaper 'Mumbai Samachar' was published. |
| 6/23/2000 | Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism.. |
| 8/26/1852 | Bombay Association was established. |
| 7/22/1999 | J. H. Patel, Karnataka Chief Minister, recommends dissolution of the Assembly and the Governor Khurshid Alam Khan accepts it. Earlier Mr. Patel drops eight Ministers including the Deputy Chief Minister Siddharamiah. |
| 1/2/1930 | Mazharul Haque, greatest social worker, politician, nationalist, poet, journalist and writer, died. |
| 8/5/1992 | Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86. |
| 12/31/1965 | Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras. |
| 12/23/1944 | U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born. |
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