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Historical Event on 2/17/1980
Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1991 | Union Government dismisses Karunanidhi government. President's rule imposed in Tamil Nadu. |
| 3/5/1991 | Congress threatens to withdraw support to the minority government of Chandrasekhar on the issue of police surveillance in Rajiv Gandhi's residence. |
| 7/8/1996 | Suspended Dy. Municipal Commisioner Khairnar to be removed by Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation. |
| 5/1/1999 | India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final. |
| 1/19/1910 | Vinayak Damodar Karnaki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, was born. |
| 1/9/1982 | A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982. |
| 9/15/1993 | Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram. |
| 12/26/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country. |
| 5/28/1930 | Bhagwaticharan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing. |
| 2/4/1948 | Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur. |
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