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Historical Event on 2/17/1998

Re-poll is ordered in 599 polling stations spread over nine states, following reports of largescale booth capturing. The Election Commission is to probe malpractices in Madhepura, Baghpat and Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1873Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'.
11/30/1988Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
1/7/1994Malhotra Committee recommends privatisation and foreign participation of LIC and GIC.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
10/3/1907Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.
3/20/2000Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.
12/22/1977Nalinibala Devi, Assamese poet, passed died.
6/8/2000Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).
3/24/1993Six of Memon family escape to Karachi.
10/20/1999The Centre accepts the recommendations of the Backward Classes Commission on the inclusion of Jats and other backward classes (OBCs) in Rajasthan except Bharatpur and Dholpur districts.