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Historical Event on 11/17/1986

SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
2/16/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.
1/7/1685Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born.
7/24/1837Kanishta, son of Samajya Laxshmi, was killed.
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
10/26/1890Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'.
4/17/1997Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.
5/15/1997Yaseen Malik, All-Party Hurriyat Conference leader, was released from Tihar jail.
12/22/1977Nalinibala Devi, Assamese poet, passed died.
2/27/1803Great fire in Bombay.