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Historical Event on 10/17/1970
Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/5/1943 | The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port. |
| 6/20/1997 | Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai. |
| 5/1/1948 | Baroda State merged into Bombay Province. |
| 1/31/1983 | The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah. |
| 1/6/1959 | Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982), was born in Chandigarh. |
| 5/24/1990 | Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu. |
| 5/24/1990 | Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city. |
| 11/19/1910 | Gohar alias Gohar A. Kayoum Mamajiwala was born at Lahore. She was a film actress. Her first film was 'Fortune & Fools' (1925). Other films were 'Lanka Ni Laadi', 'Handsome', 'Briefless Barrister', 'Thief of Delhi', 'Punjab Mail', 'My Darling' and 'The Web'. |
| 1/5/1671 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the 'Salher' fort from Mughals. |
| 6/30/1934 | Chintamani Nagesh Ramachandra Rao, famous Scientist and Chemist, was born. His research work confines to ""Solid State Chemistry"". In 1982 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society. |
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