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Historical Event on 2/17/1998

Re-poll is ordered in 599 polling stations spread over nine states, following reports of largescale booth capturing. The Election Commission is to probe malpractices in Madhepura, Baghpat and Patna.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
5/20/1878Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
11/30/1994Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died.
3/1/196325 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.
6/12/1960783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
11/25/1990R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away.
3/25/1996CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case.
9/4/1997Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri.
1/2/1899Monks started living in Belur Math.