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Historical Event on 7/17/1997

K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
7/7/1998India wins Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy defeating Sri Lanka by six runs in the final at Colombo. New Zealand was the third team in the fray.
3/23/1911Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away.
7/16/1997Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''.
5/5/1946Simla Conference in session from May 5 to May 12; Gandhiji's deliberations prove anfractuous.
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
2/12/1987Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
5/25/19415,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India.