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Historical Event on 10/17/1998

Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1997At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC.
5/9/1997Hareesh Khandelwal, an accused in the fodder scam, commits suicide by jumping before a train at Dhanbad in Bihar.
12/28/2000India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion.
3/28/1991IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore.
3/20/1998Rajesh Kumar Singh, CPI(ML) leader, is shot at Pandeypur village in Patna.
5/23/1984Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat.
5/20/1992Jayalalitha sacks R. M. Veerappan from her cabinet in Tamil Nadu.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
12/15/1965Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.