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Historical Event on 4/17/1998

BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.
10/22/1764The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro.
11/13/1945Australian Services draw first Victory Test against India
11/25/1992Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister of State for Sports, resigns to fight Bengal CPM.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
1/14/1959Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
6/27/1999India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.
6/14/1958Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin.
6/29/199324 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur.