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Historical Event on 3/17/1987
Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/4/1992 | National Renewal Fund for industries set up. |
| 8/13/1998 | India signs two agreements with the World Bank for concessional credit through the International Development Association for $115.4 million. |
| 1/14/1760 | Eyree Coote, British Army Captain, captured and surrendered Pondicherry, capitulated French General Lally. |
| 4/27/1857 | Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born. |
| 4/15/1980 | Six more private sector banks nationalized. |
| 9/12/1899 | Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born. |
| 8/18/1957 | Tilak Raj was appointed the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed his office for four years till 6th September, 1961. |
| 4/6/1919 | Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike. |
| 4/23/1968 | Bade Gulam Ali Khan, famous ghazal singer, passed away. |
| 6/6/1997 | U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal. |
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