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Historical Event on 2/17/1994

Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1991NF promises 5-10\% jobs to economically backward sections among the upper castes.
10/3/2000Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products.
6/21/1988Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.
2/19/1919Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born.
12/23/1913Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died.
10/21/1950China invades Tibet.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
12/29/1965First Indian-made tank 'Vijayanta' rolled off the Avadi Heavy Vehicles factory.
10/18/1927Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay.
12/25/1964Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), was born in Amritsar, India.