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Historical Event on 2/17/1998

Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/4/1948Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
7/13/1990Union Ministers Arun Nehru, Arif Mohammed Khan and Satpal Malik submitted their resignation in protest against O.P.Chautala's taking over as CM of Haryana.
9/19/2000Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
2/11/1997NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.
3/31/1986Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.
3/2/1957Central Warehouse Corporation established.
7/15/1991Jagannathrao Joshi, veteran leader of Janata Party `Karnataka Kesri', died.
1/14/1641United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed.
11/11/1913Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa.