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Historical Event on 1/17/1992
Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/12/1958 | Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur. |
| 7/27/1889 | Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji. |
| 5/2/1769 | Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born. |
| 5/29/1972 | Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away. |
| 5/15/1958 | Gift Tax Act was introduced. |
| 2/15/1936 | Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, passed away. He was known for his patriotism and zeal for constructive work and was a forceful and emotional orator and debater and an eminent writer in Assamese litrature. He was also a musician and composed good number of patriotic poems and songs. |
| 5/1/2000 | Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta. |
| 10/31/1999 | Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing. |
| 1/24/1997 | Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary. |
| 4/20/1954 | Panchsheel agreement between China and India. |
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