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Historical Event on 5/17/1974

Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/2/1992Agajan Baig (Aga), famous Hindi film actor, passed away.
1/1/1920Seth Darbari Shah, great industrialist, was born in Ikhlas.
10/6/1983Punjab Government was dismissed to halt religious and political violence by Indira Gandhi, who imposed President's rule in the state.
10/26/1990V. Shantaram, veteran film producer, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, died at the age of 90 years in Bombay.
8/2/1994Opposition quits Parliament panels, boycotts sessions.
8/25/1997Neelam J. Singh rewrites her own discussion mark in the domestic circuit meet in Chennai.
6/17/1928Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away.
4/1/1889Dr. Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), was born.
1/12/1996Supreme Court holds that horse racing is not gambling, but a game of skill.
8/9/1966Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.