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Historical Event on 2/17/1997
Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/24/1992 | Congress (I) strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls. |
| 8/23/1942 | Gorabai Katiya, freedom fighter, was shot by police while participating in a procession for freedom movement in Narsihapur. |
| 10/16/1945 | Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established. |
| 6/18/1974 | Govinddas Seth, Hindi litterateur and politician, died. |
| 5/18/1995 | Sukhomoy Sengupta, 76, Tripura's first CM, passed away. |
| 5/18/1995 | Akbar captured Ahmednagar. |
| 4/15/1883 | Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born. |
| 10/2/1994 | Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary. |
| 12/14/1864 | Jagat Narayan, law expert and educationist, was born. |
| 5/24/1903 | Hemchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali poet, passed away. |
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