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Historical Event on 2/17/1998

Re-poll is ordered in 599 polling stations spread over nine states, following reports of largescale booth capturing. The Election Commission is to probe malpractices in Madhepura, Baghpat and Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1991Lok Sabha approves a vital bill seeking to bring sick public sector units within the purview of the BIFR.
4/15/1932Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born.
2/24/1995A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian) Divorce Act.
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.
6/17/1976Montreal Olympics opens.
7/14/1946India grants Siam a 20 year, 3 mil. credit to increase export of Siamese rice.
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.
9/12/1931Triloki Nath Madan, educationist and journalist, was born at Srinagar, Kashmir.
7/29/1984Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots.
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.