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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
5/11/1991Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar.
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
12/13/2000All 12 battalions of the Manipur Rifles Personnel strike from work.
11/20/1947Parliament gives Indian government censorship powers over press at New Delhi.
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
3/25/1983Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away.
5/31/1926Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born.
2/13/1994Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence.
9/27/1972Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, passed away at the age of 80 at Bangalore.
10/19/1907Sulochana Modi, first lady Mayor of Mumbai Mahanagar Palika, was born.