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Historical Event on 5/17/1976

4 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/1985Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service goes to Baba Amte.
7/21/1995Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away.
5/30/196269 killed in a bus crash near Ahmedabad.
4/5/1938Anil Rakeshi, great poet, Hindi writer and critic, was born at Nahan (H.P.).
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
8/17/1947The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.
11/18/1901V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born.
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.
12/7/1999Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11.
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.