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Historical Event on 2/17/1976
New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/9/1908 | Arkalgudun Krishnarao, Kannad writer, was born. |
| 8/15/1854 | The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855. |
| 9/16/1916 | M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born. |
| 7/4/1902 | Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39. |
| 4/11/1999 | Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai. |
| 2/18/1993 | Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"". |
| 12/22/1945 | Shridhar Balkrishna Kulkarni (Pathe Bapurao), famous poet known for instant poetry and Marathi folk song writer, died. |
| 12/26/1904 | First cross-country motor car race inaugurated between Dehli and Bombay started its rally. It was organised by Motor Union of Western India. |
| 12/15/1943 | The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong. |
| 4/14/1993 | The Cabinet Committee approves delicensing of car, refrigerator and leather goods industries. |
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