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Historical Event on 3/17/1987

Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.
4/30/1996CBI concludes after 11 1/2 years of investigation that no espionage has taken place in what was dubbed the `ISRO spy scandal case'.
10/31/1920Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.
10/6/1999INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
10/24/1856Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was arrested by the British Government at Sambalpur for distributing grains from the warehouse to the people. He was sent to jail at Raipur.
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
9/6/1999Vyjayanthimala Bali, former Congress (I) MP, joins the BJP.
6/11/1997Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sports persons of the National Games.
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.