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Historical Event on 1/17/1997

Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1985Morocco breaks diplomatic relations with India after New Delhi announced its recognition of the Saharwi Arab Democratic Republic.
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
2/24/1922Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted at MCG Test for India 1948), was born in Darkati, Punjab.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
12/15/1894Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born.
2/26/1858Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam).
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.
4/2/1926The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
5/15/1873The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.
2/25/2000Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, died after prolonged illness.