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Historical Event on 2/17/1976

New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.
8/28/1997Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set national records in hammer throw in Federation Cup Athletics.
11/3/19843,000 die in a three-day anti-Sikh riotsin India.
5/28/1963Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
6/29/1901Amal Kumar Sarkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
11/18/1991In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority.
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
2/27/1997CBI arrests godman Chandraswami for alleged offences in violation of Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act, 1976.
6/21/1906Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.