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Historical Event on 10/17/1998

Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1990Lakshadweep Council elections.
3/6/1991Chandrasekhar resigns as PM.
12/13/1772Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara.
2/14/1924Ikramullah (Ikram Sagri) Khan, famous Hindi poet, was born at Rehli in Madhya Pradesh.
1/4/1972Pakistan proposed to talk after the war.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
11/30/1989Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.
7/16/1996Supreme Court says dowry demand even during marriage talks is an offence.
10/20/1962China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level.
7/13/1947An Indian Independence Bill was moved in the British Parliament on 4th July 1947 which became an 'Act' on 13th July 1947. Two Boundary Commissions under Sir Cyril Radcliff were appointed to demarcate the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal.