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Historical Event on 7/17/1996

All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/1921Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river.
4/26/1990V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh.
8/3/1993Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission.
10/29/1952Amalgamation of the Steel Corporation of Bengal with Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. to be effective from 1st January 1953 under the latter's name.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
1/11/2000Mrs. Anju, wife of Shoaib Ilyasi of 'India's Most Wanted' famed serial, dies under mysterious circumstances.
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
5/14/2000L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years.
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.
10/4/1997Two top executives of Turkish firm 'Karsan', accused in Rs. 133 crore urea import scam case, were remanded to police custody.