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Historical Event on 2/17/1997

Anand finishes sixth in the City of Linares category 19 chess where Kasparov makes in four-in-a-row.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/11/1992UP acquistion of land in Ayodhya quashed by Allahabad High Court.
12/1/1947India all out for 58 vs Australia at Gabba.
12/30/1865Rudyard Kipling, famous English litterateur and author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), was born in Bombay.
2/7/1975Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away.
1/3/1985Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.
1/8/1984Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
8/1/1939Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.
7/27/1998B. B. Lyngdoh is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.