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Historical Event on 1/17/1985

Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test vs England.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/8/1993Andhra cabinet reshuffled by dropping four legislators and bringing in 16 new faces.
8/1/1952Nationalised Airways at Safdarjung, New Delhi inaugurated by Nehru.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
10/9/1970Production of Uranium 233 started at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Bombay.
10/3/1992Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay.
1/18/1999Gul Panag (20) from Delhi was crowned Femina Miss India Universe at the Miss India 1999 beauty pageant in Pune.
6/2/1986One thousand Sikhs arrested at demonstrations in Punjab.
11/27/2000Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident.
11/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, stage and film artist, member of Rajya Sabha and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, was born.
7/6/2000India, Nepal sign agreement to set up a specialist joint unit to counter terrorism and share information about criminals operating along the border.