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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
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
8/1/1993Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam.
6/3/1912Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born.
1/6/1987Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.
7/22/1978Indira Gandhi charged with criminal misconduct during 1977 campaign.
5/6/1967Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
6/23/1987D. Chakraborty was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-07-1991.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.