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Historical Event on 1/17/1999
Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/31/1995 | K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service. |
| 10/11/1991 | BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land. |
| 3/9/1931 | Karansingh, politician, was born. |
| 11/27/1994 | Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away. |
| 7/2/1928 | Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away. |
| 5/9/1995 | Militants set Charar township on fire in the vicinity of the Charar-e-Sherif shrine. More than 1,000 houses burnt. |
| 5/29/1933 | Kishorilal Goswami, famous Hindi novelist, passed away. |
| 3/25/1994 | Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years. |
| 2/11/1998 | Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani. |
| 3/26/1992 | Rs. 245 crore relief in customs, excise duties announced. |
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