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Historical Event on 4/17/1998
BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/3/1857 | Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also. |
| 4/18/1916 | Iyyer G. Subramaniam, Congress leader, passed away. |
| 1/3/1997 | Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds. |
| 12/11/1938 | Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away. |
| 8/18/1891 | Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan. |
| 12/15/1999 | The CPI (M) urges the Centre to take over Dunlop India Ltd. |
| 2/18/1905 | Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma. |
| 2/7/1856 | Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule. |
| 9/25/1990 | L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra. |
| 9/26/1992 | Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent. |
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