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Historical Event on 3/17/1967

4th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1936England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI.
11/8/2000India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi.
2/9/1984Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras.
11/19/1999New Governors for Bihar, West Bengal, Goa, Manipur and Punjab are named by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
1/7/1956Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy.
5/21/1935Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life.
5/15/1958Gift Tax Act was introduced.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
12/25/1999An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.
2/2/2000The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry clears Ms. Deepa Mehta's film ''Water'' after the director agreed to make some changes in the script.