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Historical Event on 1/17/1999

Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/4/1989Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died.
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
6/17/1995Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first.
3/25/1996CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case.
4/15/1980Six more private sector banks nationalized.
10/3/1984India's longest distance train Himsagar Express (from Jammu Tavi to Kanya Kumari) was first flagged.
7/30/1995Notification issued for the constitution of Jharkhand Autonomous District Council.
3/24/1977Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.
7/1/1968Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.
9/12/1993Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died.