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Historical Event on 3/17/1997

A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1879Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra.
12/10/1996Supreme Court bans employment of child labour in hazardous industries.
5/14/1994RBI announces tight monetary policy.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
12/20/1990Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue.
4/22/1991Arun Nehru and Arif Mohammed Khan expelled from Janata Dal.
4/7/1986Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa.
6/14/1996CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao, son of former PM, for his involvement in the Rs. 133 crore NFL urea import scandal.
2/24/1936Laxmibai Tilak, famous marathi poet, passed away.
12/12/1961Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu.