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Historical Event on 5/17/1857
Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/8/1785 | Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left India. |
| 12/12/2000 | A special court for CBI cases rejects Hinduja brothers' plea and summons them to appear on January 19, 2001. |
| 2/10/1921 | Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth. |
| 6/4/1992 | Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested. |
| 1/27/1927 | Michael Craig, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), was born in Pune. |
| 12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
| 10/1/1992 | Broadcasting of Zee TV started. |
| 10/20/1999 | The Cabinet approves the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) Bill for introduction in the current session of Lok Sabha if time permits. |
| 1/15/1934 | Nearly 20,000 lives were claimed in a tremendous earthquake measured 8.4 on the Ricther Scale, in Bihar and parts of Nepal. Munger City was completely destroyed. |
| 1/10/1912 | Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh. |
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