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Historical Event on 1/17/1997

Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1954Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.
8/22/1919Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born.
11/6/1999Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
1/17/1997Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.
6/6/1999Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
2/9/1984Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras.
8/26/1947Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.
6/20/1897Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born.
7/28/1914Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.