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Historical Event on 2/17/1976

Urban Ceilings Act comes into force.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
11/19/1977Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh causing flooding and tidal waves and killing 10,000.
4/1/1995Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised.
4/3/1966First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus.
8/6/1920Star Films Ltd., Bombay, was founded by Ardeshir M. lrani and Bhogilal K. M. Dave.
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.
2/25/1993Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed.
4/26/1973Judge A.N. Ray became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 28/01/1977.
2/5/1991The last of 1.2 lakh Indians in Kuwait manage to return to India.
2/28/1997The samadhi of Morarji Desai - Abhay Ghat - near Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to be converted to a national monument, this was decided on Feburary 11.