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Historical Event on 2/17/1997
Anand finishes sixth in the City of Linares category 19 chess where Kasparov makes in four-in-a-row.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/11/1991 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1896-1995). |
| 3/22/1938 | IRFA was registered as a local body not administered by the Government on March 22, 1938 under the Government of India Act No. XXI of 1860. |
| 2/19/1855 | U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born. |
| 4/12/1993 | Indian ship MV Vishva-Mohini sinks off Spain, 33 killed. |
| 7/8/1972 | Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta. |
| 4/8/1857 | Mangal Pandey, the first revolutionary of Indian mutiny and freedom fighter, was hanged till death at Barrackpore. He struck the first bullet during the time of mutiny against the British Empire. |
| 1/6/1953 | Stalin Peace Prize awarded to Dr. S. Kitchlew. |
| 2/27/1854 | Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company. |
| 6/18/1978 | The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened. |
| 1/1/1991 | Bhanu Pratap Singh, Karnataka Governor, resigns. Goa governor Khurshid Alam Khan appointed in his place. |
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