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Historical Event on 9/17/1998
Rabri Devi, Chief Minister of Bihar, expands the Cabinet, inducting nine ministers, even as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Soren) group formally withdraws support to her ministry.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/8/1967 | Central government, for the first time since independence, suffered a token defeat in the Lok Sabha. |
| 7/20/1990 | Tamil Nadu Bandh organised by Tamil Nadu Government to protest against the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka passes off peacefully. |
| 7/6/1992 | The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers. |
| 9/4/1862 | Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born. |
| 7/31/1952 | Bela Mitra, commander of ""Nari Vahini"" and activist of ""Azad Hind Fauj"", passed away. She also worked as partition refugee. |
| 2/17/1976 | Urban Ceilings Act comes into force. |
| 3/1/1987 | A Pakistani official quoted as saying, ""Pakistan has nuclear bomb capabilities at New Delhi"". |
| 1/10/1959 | Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi. |
| 4/21/1994 | Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film. |
| 2/2/1986 | Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India. |
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