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Historical Event on 12/17/1998
P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/10/1833 | Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born. |
| 2/25/1869 | Anand Shankar Bapubhai Dhruv, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of monthly magzine 'Vasant' , was born. |
| 9/9/1923 | First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal. |
| 2/17/1991 | Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away. |
| 6/8/1929 | Ventappa Musandra Muddiah, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61), was born in Bangalore. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 3/18/1948 | Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress. |
| 7/13/1930 | Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India. |
| 8/14/1997 | Special session of Parliament to commemorate 50 years of independence. |
| 4/16/1997 | Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta. |
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