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Historical Event on 3/17/1992

Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
1/18/1982Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.
12/8/1857Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail.
10/17/1979Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
2/16/1955Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away.
2/2/1982Geet Sethi becomes the youngest Indian to win the National Billiards' crown at Madras.
11/11/1866Patthe Bapurao (Shridhar Krishna Kulkarni), famous poet Shahir, was born.