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Historical Event on 3/17/2000

V.C. Pande, Bihar Governor, accords sanction to the CBI to prosecute RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in a disproportionate assets case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1994Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away.
6/1/1964Rashid Ghulam Muhammad Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, better known for Lamba incident), was born in Sabarkantha.
8/18/1911Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born.
4/4/1938A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself.
9/13/1965Pakistanis bomb Bombay.
4/21/1946Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971).
10/2/1934Indian Naval Force was established.
12/30/1953The Untouchability (Offences) Bill published in the Gazette of India.
9/18/1992Andhra government's order of setting up 12 private medical colleges quashed by a full bench of the High Court.
4/8/1993Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura.