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Historical Event on 3/17/2000
V.C. Pande, Bihar Governor, accords sanction to the CBI to prosecute RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in a disproportionate assets case.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1878 | Calcutta Museum was opened for general public. |
| 5/14/1994 | LTTE banned for the second time under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. |
| 7/10/1992 | Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha. |
| 9/1/1887 | Karmveer Bhaurao Paygaunda Patil, educationist, social reformer and founder of 'Rayat Educational Institute', was born. |
| 9/3/1999 | Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil. |
| 10/26/1961 | Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October. |
| 4/23/1994 | Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League. |
| 9/6/1994 | Prime Minister Narsimha Rao meets with his counterpart Vo Van Kiet at Hanoi. Both countries decide to boost ties. |
| 10/4/1907 | Riots in Calcutta. |
| 10/6/1974 | Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression. |
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