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Historical Event on 10/17/1998

Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/17/1958Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
10/24/1890Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta.
9/10/1918Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
5/23/1997The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
5/28/1966B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.
3/31/1986Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.
3/2/1913Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born.
12/30/1971Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, famous nuclear scientist, died.