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Historical Event on 5/17/2000

The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1865Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born.
8/14/1980Centre nationalizes Maruti company.
11/25/1975Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away.
12/22/1928An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.'
7/5/1857Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow.
1/22/1901Nirmal Kumar Bose was born.
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.
9/25/1990S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.
11/9/1942Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.
9/29/2000Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary.