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Historical Event on 2/17/1976
New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/10/1872 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, was born in village Sarodar near Jamnagar, Kathiawad. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the king of a great game"". He also played for Sussex. |
| 9/1/1999 | Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram, died. |
| 12/22/1843 | Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore, accepted Brahmo religion at the hands of Ramchandra Vidyabagish. |
| 8/21/1990 | Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha . |
| 10/28/2000 | The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985. |
| 6/15/1659 | Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi. |
| 10/24/1890 | Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta. |
| 10/17/1920 | Bhartiya Communist Party was formed at Tashkent with seven members including M.N. Roy, Birendra Chattopadhyay and Abani Mukherji. |
| 3/10/1940 | Banwarilal Bhagwandas Purohit, famous leader of Vidarbha, was born. |
| 11/28/1962 | K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died. |
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