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Historical Event on 12/17/1990

N. Janardhan Reddy sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/25/1932India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England.
4/17/1941Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
2/2/1989France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.
8/5/1994Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested.
1/10/1966Tashkent Conference between Pakistan and Indian leaders ended after signing of peace accord by Lal Bahadur Shastri and General Ayub Khan.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.
12/28/2000The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha.
12/12/1971The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron.
6/5/1997Prime Minister Gujral went on a 3-day visit to Nepal.
8/11/1956The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.