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Historical Event on 5/17/1887
Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/24/1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbour. |
| 11/19/1998 | The Indira Gandhi memorial award is presented to Mirta Saavedra Polo, Ambassador of Panama, for her contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between India and Pakistan. |
| 1/24/1948 | Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*). |
| 11/1/1949 | Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India. |
| 11/18/1994 | Bipinchandra Joshi, cheif of Army and General, passed away at the age of 54 years. |
| 9/1/1999 | Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat, appointed Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court. |
| 3/19/1990 | Madhu Dandavate,Union Finance Minister, submits Rs. 7,206 crore deficit budget with a mixed bag of new levies and concessions. |
| 5/17/1957 | Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests. |
| 7/22/1956 | Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing. |
| 7/21/1975 | Hindi Post Guards was established by Government. |
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