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Historical Event on 1/17/1997

Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1991Industrial and bank strike called by the left-oriented trade unions to oppose the new industrial and economic policies.
10/28/1998Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.
12/6/1952First Indo-Soviet Trade agreement signed.
1/21/1922V. Rajagopal, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1969-70, was born in Mumbai.
4/26/1945Virinchirpuram Krishnamurthi Ramaswamy, cricketer (Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup), was born in Madras.
6/20/1992The JD and the NF choose former Lok Sabha Dy Speaker Prof. G. G. Swell as the Presidential candidate.
1/1/1999George Fernandes, Defence Minister, said the sacked Naval Chief, Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, had been displaying ""disturbing tendencies"" for over a year and even threatened his successor, Admiral Sushil Kumar, with court martial.
6/19/1877Pandurang Chimanaji Patil, famous agriculturist of Maharashtra, was born.
4/30/1888Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad.
8/6/1989Six top Cricket stars banned for one year from all cricket activities on the issue of American tour.