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Historical Event on 5/17/1998

US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1935Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born.
2/11/1935Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur.
4/8/1991Prafulla Kumar Mahanta,Assam CM, steps down as party chief.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
4/3/1984Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
1/21/1980Assembly elections in Kerala; LDF wins absolute majority. E.K. Nayanar forms government in Kerala.
8/16/1997Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India.
8/23/1872Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh.
4/2/1926The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.