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Historical Event on 12/17/1974

Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1947Independence of India Bill passed.
5/22/1963Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.
1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.
2/3/1954Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
2/18/1994India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir.
3/2/1996Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
6/7/2000Telecom Commission approves the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.