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Historical Event on 8/17/1998
The Government issues a notification banning the use of quinacrine, a controversial female contraceptive and sterilization agent.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/3/1839 | Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world. |
| 11/17/1999 | India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly adjudged the 'man of the match' and 'man of the series'. |
| 10/21/1989 | Sukhdev Singh alias Sukha and Harminder Singh alias Jinda sentenced to death for the murder of former Army Chief Gen. A. K. Vaidya. |
| 12/20/1686 | After clashes with Mughal soldiers, Jaub Chaarnak left Hoogly and settled in Sutnati. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 10/24/1657 | Kalyan and Bhiwandi came under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. |
| 10/19/1983 | Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler. |
| 5/8/1992 | Eighth Plan outlay increased to Rs. 7,98,000 crores; Public Sector outlay goes up to 45\%. |
| 12/3/1971 | During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began. |
| 6/3/1929 | Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, was born. |
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