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Historical Event on 12/17/1998

P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1993Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.
12/5/1946Dada Maharaj Satarkar passed away.
9/29/1977India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water.
8/19/1927Ananta Narsinha Naik, social reformer and politician, was born at Bandora, Goa.
7/6/1837Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, a reputed oriental scholar and famous Indian Scientist, was born in Malvan in Ratnagiri district. He was a social reformer and an active member of Prathana Samaj of Bombay.
8/13/1638Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa.
11/27/1888Ganesh Vasudeo Malvankar, great social worker, educationist, writer and first speaker of Lok Sabha, was born in Baroda.
11/1/1985Helicopter Corporation of India, later renamed Pawan Hans Limited, started functioning.
5/17/2000The 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.
5/23/1995TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995.