17 January - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History

In India and world History January 17 has a special significance, because on this day there have been many such incidents which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let us know that some of the most important events that will increase your general knowledge. The collected facts will be such as: the people born on this day, the passing of the famous persons, the war pact, the freedom of any country, the invention of new technologies, the change of power, the important national and international day etc

What happened on January 17 in history:

Year	Event / Incidence / Incident
1997	Dennis Rodman was suspended from NBA and charged a cash of $25000 as he kicked a cameraman.
2009	Israel has declared a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza War which was effectively on January 18th.AND Hamas too declared a ceasefire but of his own.
2010	Ali Hasan al-Majid, Former Iraqi minister is found to death because of a poisonous gas attack at Halabja. He was also known to be as chemical Ali, the chemical man.
2011	1400 members of ruling Communist party of Vietnam gathered to vote for a new leader.
2011	Thousands of passengers of bullet train in northern and central Japan were affected due to a computer glitch and also temporarily halted.
2012	India and China are agreed to build a functional office to solve border issues.
2013	Japan announces to build the largest offshore wind farm in the world in the prefecture near the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant to turn nuclear plant as back.
2013	The IOC took the cyclist's bronze medal from the 2000 Summer Olympic after stripping lance Armstrong.
2014	The discovery of a bone took place in Winchester 1999. It is believed that this bone may belong to the famous King Alfred the great or his son Edward the elder who was very famous in history.
2014	The former Spy Contractor raised his voice for N.S.A. disclosure. So the president of America Barack Obama has announced to reform the phone Surveillance.

List of January 17 famous birthdays:

Year	Name / Profession / Country

List of January 17 famous Indian birthdays:

Year	Name / Profession / Country
1905	Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha / Politician / India
1888	Babu Gulabrai / Author / India
1905	D. R. Kaprekar / Scientist / India
1917	M. G. Ramachandran / Actor / India
1984	Karan Trivedi / Actor / India
1923	Rangeya Raghav / Author / India
1922	Tonse Ananth Pai / Economist / India
1945	Javed Akhtar / Poet / India

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