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Historical Event on 4/17/1998

BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/11/1973India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds.
12/11/1998Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today.
7/20/1991Shanmugam, suspect in Rajiv murder case, found dead.
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
7/2/1972Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
12/8/1857Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail.
10/31/1885St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi.
8/4/1993Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died.