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Historical Event on 2/17/1998

Re-poll is ordered in 599 polling stations spread over nine states, following reports of largescale booth capturing. The Election Commission is to probe malpractices in Madhepura, Baghpat and Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1948Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder.
4/2/1994Ravi Naik sworn in CM.
1/26/1876Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta.
9/26/1979Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
3/8/2000The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities.
10/23/1990Following the arrest of its President L. K. Advani, who was leading a rathyathra to Ayodhya at Samasthipur in Bihar, BJP withdrew support to National Front Government.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
4/18/1916Iyyer G. Subramaniam, Congress leader, passed away.
7/23/1898Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born.
1/31/1992LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran, declared offender in Rajiv Gandhi murder case and ordered to surrender by a Madras court.