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Historical Event on 5/17/2000

The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
9/10/1993India and South Korea sign agreement to expand trade and investment.
10/25/1999Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.
7/24/1911Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, was born.
12/28/1926Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.
1/16/1992For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat.
11/25/1987India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24.
11/8/1965Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.
12/22/1977Nalinibala Devi, Assamese poet, passed died.
4/7/1818British Government imposed 'State Prisoners Regulation III -1818' for detention and deportion of political prisoners and revolutionaries without any trial. This black act was in force till 1947 when India got independence.