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Historical Event on 2/17/1976

New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/27/2000Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
1/2/1990Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.
10/15/1994SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV.
3/3/1993Sharad Pawar nominated CM of Maharashtra.
6/4/1936Nutan, film actress, was born.
11/9/2000The 17-day old Manohar Parrikar led BJP Government in Goa wins the trust vote.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.
5/4/1994Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota. This carried two scientific payload, a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) experiment and a Retarding Potential Analyser (RPA). It is still in service.
1/21/1996Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction.
2/3/1928Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.