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Historical Event on 2/17/1976

New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1931Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.
12/6/2000A.B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, said, ""The Ayodhya agitation was an 'expression of nationalist feelings' and the ""task has remained unfinished
7/29/1904Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
3/16/1997Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar.
11/2/1999BJP suffers jolt in Bihar as it fails to win a single seat it contested in the October 28 poll to four Lok Sabha seats.
11/13/1780Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ""Lion of Punjab"", was born.
12/29/1984Rajiv Gandhi claims for Indian Prime Minister post after his landslide majority in 8th General Elections.
7/31/1948State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.
2/6/195555 miners die in explosion in Bihar State.
7/25/1938Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born.