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Historical Event on 2/17/1997

Anand finishes sixth in the City of Linares category 19 chess where Kasparov makes in four-in-a-row.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/7/1947Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas.
10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.
12/12/1971All the facilities and pocket money provided to the former kings were cancelled by the Indian Parliament.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
7/24/1932Ramkrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan was established for the service of the sick and humanitarian activities.
5/22/1772Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal.
6/5/1882Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
1/19/1931The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also.
5/22/1993Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.
9/8/1965Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division.