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Historical Event on 5/17/1916
Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/6/1932 | Meenatai Thackrey, social worker, was born. |
| 1/1/1851 | Publication of Marathi newspaper 'Gyanoday'. |
| 11/14/1919 | Anantrao Bhalerao, freedom fighter, journalist and editor of daily news paper ""Marathawada"", was born. |
| 2/11/1996 | Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta. |
| 2/11/1996 | Guru Amardasji passed away. |
| 12/15/1943 | The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong. |
| 5/25/1993 | Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India. |
| 10/27/1937 | Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of 'Kirana Gharana', died. |
| 3/21/1979 | The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988). |
| 11/20/1999 | Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, senior journalist `Cho' Ramaswamy, eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman and veteran RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh nominated to the Rajya Sabha. |
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