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Historical Event on 10/17/1990

S. Bangarappa sworn in as CM of Karnataka following revocation of President's rule.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/13/1984Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park.
2/10/1910Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.
1/19/1997Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur.
8/11/1908Khudiram Bose was hanged on this day in Central Jail at Mujaffarpur, Bihar at the age of 19 years. He along with Prafulla Chaki had planned to bomb the carriage supposed to be carrying Kingsford, unfortunately he was betrayed and was caught and finally was sentenced to death and hanged. This day is observed as ""Martyr's Day"" in memory of the great freedom fighter. Even today the soul stirring songs composed in his honour are sung by Bengali folk-singers.
12/23/1845Rasbhihari Ghosh, famous patriot and law expert, was born.
5/1/1987The Bofors Deal.
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
4/13/1984India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.