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Historical Event on 8/17/1998

The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1813Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore.
11/28/1962K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died.
12/1/1985Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
6/20/1948Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
12/13/1999The Railways announces concessions for senior citizens, students upto Class X and the poor.
2/3/1990Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest.
4/1/1963Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed.
5/17/1873Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
2/20/1968First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.
12/13/1899Pandurang Satu Naik, famous film photographer of Indian film industry, was born.



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