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Historical Event on 3/17/2000

V.C. Pande, Bihar Governor, accords sanction to the CBI to prosecute RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in a disproportionate assets case.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1953Internal Air Route Corporation of India was established.
3/12/1992India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh
11/21/1991An Inter Governmental Coference on Youth Tourism, held for first time, was hosted by the Government of India under the aegis of the World Tourism Organisation. (18-11-91).
6/28/1993A multi-millionaire industrialist, main financier of smuggler Veerappan,and 6 Veerappan-men arrested.
4/3/1914Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"".
8/1/1882Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.).
2/5/1922Gandhiji, following Chauri Chaura (U.P.) tragedy in which 22 police constables and one sub-inspector were burnt to death by a mob, fasts for five days and abandons plan of satyagraha movement.
4/3/1984Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi.
4/30/1888Hailsones kill 246 in Moradabad.