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Historical Event on 3/17/2000

V.C. Pande, Bihar Governor, accords sanction to the CBI to prosecute RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in a disproportionate assets case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/2000Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India.
10/1/1928Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
1/4/1992The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates.
3/26/1977Morarji Desai, the new Prime Minister, forms his Cabinet.
12/15/1965Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
8/13/1956National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
2/11/1977B.D.Jathi became the second acting President of India.