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Historical Event on 2/17/1698
Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/20/1897 | Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born. |
| 10/21/1994 | Government notifies substantial increase in the ceiling on election expenses on Lok Sabha and Assembly polls. |
| 9/16/1916 | M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born. |
| 5/28/1966 | B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973. |
| 4/16/1996 | Narasimha Rao, PM, visits Kerala (2 days). |
| 12/20/1999 | The Delhi HC dismisses a plea from Rajendra Yadav challenging his retirement from the Prachar Bharati Board. |
| 9/19/1990 | Rajeev Goswami, a student of Delhi University, attempts to self immolate himself in protest against the implementation of Mandal Commission Report. |
| 1/9/1889 | Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"". |
| 10/12/1991 | Sonia Gandhi declineed to contest from Amethi. |
| 4/2/1993 | MP High Court quashes dismissal of BJP Government under article 356; the Centre decides to move the Supreme Court. |
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