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Historical Event on 2/17/1992

S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/15/1997Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.
8/10/1855Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur court, was born.
7/9/1999Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, died in Calcutta.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
4/8/1997Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case.
6/24/1946Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission.
11/19/1992M. Veerappa Moily selected to become the new CM of Karnataka.
2/14/1755Raghuji Bhosle, great fighter of Bhosle gharana in Nagpur, passed away.
12/20/1990Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue.