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Historical Event on 8/17/1994

Opposition ends Parliament boycott.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1992A 12-member Congress (I) TUJS coalition ministry led by S. R. Burman sworn in Tripura.
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
11/13/1901War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London.
4/1/1878Calcutta Museum was opened for general public.
4/12/1967Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 24/02/1968.
6/24/1986Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
1/21/1924Professor Madhu Dandavate, former Finance Minister, was born at Ahmednagar.
10/2/1979Operation (Milk) Flood-II launched.
1/24/2000Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna.
7/20/1916Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai.