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Historical Event on 5/17/2000

The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/21/1999Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, suspends his party's protest against the coming India-Pakistan cricket matches after an urgent meeting with the Union Home Minister in Mumbai.
7/8/1991L.K. Advani recognised as the leader of the Opposition of BJP in the 10th Lok Sabha.
1/30/1999Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.
5/1/1960Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States.
8/1/1957National Book Trust inaugurated.
5/23/1924Venkatraman Narayan Swamy, cricketer (one Test v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45), was born in Calicut.
4/8/1919Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns.
4/1/1986Delhi beat Haryana by innings and 141 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
5/28/1963Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
3/25/199631st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.