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Historical Event on 5/17/2000

The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/22/1959Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government.
3/20/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta.
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
2/10/1916Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged.
12/5/1950Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
3/1/1916Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta.
8/4/1997Supreme Court declares that the Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique of 23/1/1992 on a proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna 'posthumously' on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ""should be treated as cancelled"", as the proposal was dropped by the Government in deference to the sentiments expressed by the public and his family members.
12/14/1992Balasaheb Deora, RSS chief, kept under house arrest. National head quarters of the party in New Delhi sealed.
7/5/1981Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ¦(pie) from memory.
10/16/1997Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial).