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Historical Event on 1/17/1997

Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1989Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.
2/11/1989Akbar, great Mughal Emperor, won Kabul.
7/30/1622Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, Hanuman chalisa and many many more, died. There are difference in dates 30/7 or 23/10/1623.
10/2/1986Rajiv Gandhi survives assassination attempt made by Sikh extremists at Raj Ghat.
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.
6/18/1993Advani takes over as party President.
5/21/1994Sushmita Sen (Miss India), 18, was crowned as the 43rd Miss Universe.
7/1/1928Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims.
2/11/1959Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).
3/25/1998Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar present the interim budgets for 1998- 99.