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Historical Event on 5/17/1992
R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/2/1928 | Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away. |
| 8/8/2000 | The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna. |
| 2/17/1918 | S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/17/1918 | The first ship of the Dutch East India Company returned from Far East. |
| 2/1/1944 | Arun Tikekar, editor and writer, was born. |
| 2/3/1994 | Akash' missile launched successfully. |
| 11/7/1975 | Indian Supreme Court validates election of Indira Gandhi at New Delhi. |
| 9/19/1962 | Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War. |
| 10/14/1947 | Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died. |
| 7/1/1997 | Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel. |
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