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Historical Event on 12/17/1996

Virendrakumar Jain, famous writer, died in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
7/20/1990GOI notifies restrictions on liberal import policy announced earlier. The restrictions will cut the import bill by about Rs. 1000 crore.
10/10/1964Gurbachan Singh Randhawa sets record for 110m Her. in 14.09s at Tokyo.
8/20/1995Indira Mahila Vikas Yojana launched.
3/4/1951Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.
5/3/1962Hundreds of Muslims are killed in clashes with Hindus in West Bengal.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
2/24/199525 jawans die in an explosion in Brahmaputra Mail near Nilalong station about 200 km from Guwahati.
2/22/1885Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born.
3/20/1977General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.