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Historical Event on 12/17/1998
P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1924 | Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut. |
| 3/14/1967 | Vijay Yadav, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper between More & Mongia), was born in Gonda. |
| 1/16/1988 | L. K. Jha, famous economist and member of Rajya Sabha, died. |
| 5/25/1611 | Emperor Jahangir married Meherunnisa, widow of Sher Afghan. She recieved the title Noor Jahan. |
| 1/23/1997 | Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House. |
| 5/26/1998 | Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, economist, was awarded the 1998 Freedom Prize of the Max Schmidmeiny Foundation. |
| 11/24/1999 | India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland. |
| 4/28/1701 | John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India. |
| 12/16/1999 | India agrees to Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) by the IMF. |
| 9/2/1992 | Delhi High Court indicts CBI in Bofors case; FIR and letters rogatory quashed. |
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