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Historical Event on 1/17/1997
Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/8/1940 | Dilip Narayan Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of sixties), was born in Margao, Goa. He has received Arjun Award (1970). |
| 4/8/1953 | Walchand Hirachand, great Industrialist, passed away. |
| 9/12/1627 | Ibrahim Adilshah died. |
| 11/1/1954 | French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India. |
| 10/5/1864 | Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died. |
| 12/5/1898 | Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born. |
| 6/20/1921 | Tilak University was established. |
| 12/16/1990 | Dr. M. Channa Reddy resigned as Andhra Pradesh CM. |
| 11/29/1926 | Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born. |
| 1/21/1997 | Delhi was the first city to use propane gas when 50 autorickshaws were started on trial basis. |
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