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Historical Event on 12/17/1933

Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/1895Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.
10/16/1920B. Sathyaji Rao, cricket Test umpire for 17 tests from 1960-79, was born in Karnataka.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
10/14/1994Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died.
1/8/1999Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi.
3/5/1999Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
10/30/1996ITC $100 million scam, the country's biggest ever FERA violation case, was unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate.
12/17/1998Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.