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Historical Event on 1/17/1985

Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test vs England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1909Homi Jahangir Bhabha, famous nuclear scientist, was born in Bombay.
8/11/1961Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.
12/8/1985The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8).
1/26/1961Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
2/20/1985Bhawani Prasad Mishra, progressive Hindi poet, passed away. His most famous poem is ""Main Geet Bechtaa Hun"".
6/29/199324 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur.
10/22/1997Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived.
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
11/2/1994Three British hostages freed in Saharanpur, UP, after a fierce encounter.
12/1/2000An armed intruder snipes at naval commando Satvir Singh at the official residence of the Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar in the high- security Rajaji Marg area in New Delhi. The Navy sets up an enquiry board to probe the incident.