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Historical Event on 12/17/1998

Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1993India forgoes Narmada loan balance because of World Bank's strict regulations.
12/17/1996Virendrakumar Jain, famous writer, died in Mumbai.
6/14/1947Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India.
12/20/1999The Government rejects underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's conditional offer to surrender.
10/21/1887Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, great politician, revolutionist leader and chief minister, was born at Khanwa.
7/25/1976Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77.
5/17/2000The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.
5/1/1998India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.
8/5/1992The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there.
12/20/1993India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels.