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Historical Event on 9/17/1997

Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/19/1975Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune.
6/3/1912Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, great industrialist, was born.
4/6/1934Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born.
7/31/1993Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
10/22/1997Indian veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.
5/9/1998Kirit Raval is appointed Solicitor-General of India.
8/4/1997Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).
12/23/1845Rasbhihari Ghosh, famous patriot and law expert, was born.
11/5/1977Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi.