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Historical Event on 2/17/1994

Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.
6/24/1974India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins.
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
2/4/1991An abortive bid to hijack a Calcutta-Agartala flight by a 24-year old youth.
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.
12/11/1938Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away.
3/19/1999Salgaocar emerged National Football League champions in Calcutta with a match to spare.
7/16/1969Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973.
4/27/1993A national credit fund for women called the 'Rashtriya Mahila Kosh' set up.
7/28/1989Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.