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Historical Event on 1/17/1997

Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1935Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born.
5/3/1765Clive became Governor of Bengal for second time from England after he returned to Calcutta.
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
11/5/1907Special commissioner appointed to deal with famine conditions.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
5/31/1756Jose Cusodio Faria was born in Candolim of Goa. He was a revolutionary scientist and also known as Abbe Faria.
11/7/1997RBI Governor Dr. Chakravarti Rangarajan appointed new Governor of Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Bimal Jalan, Member-Secretary, Planning Commission, will take over as RBI Governor.
10/14/1955Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia .
11/9/1960Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died.
7/25/1961Delhi upgraded as an A-class city on the basis of provisional Census figures of 1961.