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Historical Event on 2/17/1976

Urban Ceilings Act comes into force.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1979Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away.
5/27/2000In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel.
4/28/1992Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
11/20/1917J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta.
9/22/2000Kerala High Court suspends the sentence awarded by the Kottayam Special Court on 32 accused in the Suryanelli rape case.
7/18/1990Following the end of six months Governor's rule, President's rule imposed in J&K.
4/1/1989Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S. M. Joshi), great socialist leader, passed away.
11/18/1973Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914.
6/27/1998Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan, Gandhian, Congressman and former Sikkim Governor, dies at 86.
12/12/1996India and Bangladesh arrive at a settlement to share Ganga water.