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Historical Event on 1/17/1997

Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1997Sher 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).
7/2/1928Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away.
6/13/1996Govt. extends for another 2 years the ban imposed on LTTE w.e.f. 14/6/1996 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
8/1/1994The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
9/27/2000Gurucharan Singh goes down fighting to Andri Fedtchouk of Ukraine in the 81 Kg bout of the Olympics boxing.
4/1/1992ESI ceiling of Rs. 3000 comes into effect.
5/22/1993Karnataka special task force guns down Veerappan's brother and righthand man Arjunan.
11/8/1965Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.
1/26/1957India annexes Kashmir, Constitution for incorporation with India goes into effect.
9/21/1912Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born.