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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 |
| 4/29/1947 | Abolition of ""untouchability"". |
| 4/16/1930 | Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000. |
| 9/28/1909 | Jairaj, famous film actor, was born. His first film was 'Sparkling Youth' (1930). He was a receipant of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. Some of his films are 'Fight unto Death', 'All for love', 'Bhawani No Bhog', 'Pearl', 'Queen of Faries', 'The Enemy', 'My Hero'. |
| 6/2/1988 | Raj Kapoor, famous film actor, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away. |
| 2/20/1982 | The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone. |
| 11/28/1998 | The Congress(I) wins the Assembly elections in Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. |
| 7/5/1981 | Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory. |
| 9/11/1991 | V. S. Narayan, 'Janmabhumi' Newspaper Group chief, died. |
| 3/12/1969 | Reactor Research Centre established at Kalpakkam. On 18th December 1985, it was renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research. |
| 10/31/1975 | Sachin Dev Burman, famous music director, died. |
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