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Historical Event on 12/17/1998

P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/21/1947First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.
5/18/1772Janoji Bhosle, warrior in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
7/20/1829Jankibai passed away in jail.
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.
2/19/1993Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.
4/19/1976Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
4/1/1936Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar.
9/12/1971Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died.
4/15/1919British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.