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Historical Event on 4/17/1998

BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/8/1925Mohan Rakesh, veteran Hindi playright, was born. His noted books are ""Aadhe Adhure"" and ""Aashaad Ka Ek Din"".
6/5/1896Muhammad Ismail Sahib, president of the Madras State Muslim League and freedom fighter, was born at Pettai, Tamil Nadu. He was the member of Rajya Sabha as well as Lok Sabha.
11/7/1995India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham).
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
1/22/1990The International Literacy Campaign was launced in the country by the Prime Minister at a national function held at New Delhi. (8-9-90).
8/2/1922Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
3/25/1898Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple.
4/27/1996General Election (11th) of India begins.