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Historical Event on 12/17/2000
The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/17/1998 | National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages. |
| 7/10/1997 | Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing. |
| 11/6/1985 | Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died. |
| 2/18/1992 | Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab. |
| 2/18/1975 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), passed away. |
| 2/18/1975 | Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan. |
| 9/25/1962 | Rajiv Ramesh Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87), was born in Bombay. |
| 4/29/1947 | Abolition of ""untouchability"". |
| 3/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party. |
| 4/27/1907 | Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers. |
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