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Historical Event on 10/17/1999

Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1920Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay.
1/11/1921Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, drama writer and journalist, passed away.
4/17/1990Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.
6/9/1999The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector.
5/25/1993Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India.
12/8/2000EC nod for Paswans's party to be known as Lok Janshakti Party.
3/17/1798Rani Shiromani anounced to attack the British Army.
7/23/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister and Gorbachev sign joint declaration committing their countries to building a nuclear-free and non-violent world in the first Indian-Soviet summit in the post-Gorbachev Soviet Union in Moscow.
3/21/1995A.K. Antony elected CM of Kerala.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.