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Historical Event on 8/17/1998
The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.

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12/31/1996	Gold import policy liberalised.
5/13/1996	M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM.
1/16/1990	Dr. R.R. Diwakar, Gandhian and former Union Minister, passed away.
7/2/1961	Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex.
7/8/1999	The bodies of 12 soldiers, who martyred in Kargil battle, were brought to New Delhi. So far 321 soldiers were killed and 476 wounded in operation Vijay.
8/9/1892	Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born.
6/30/1993	AN-12 phasing out marked the end of a glorious chapter of transport operations in the IAF.
4/18/1998	Dr. A. R. Kidwai is appointed Governor of West Bengal.
9/29/1907	Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia'
4/6/1919	Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.

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Historical Event on 8/17/1998 The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.

Historical Event on 8/17/1998
The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.