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Historical Event on 5/17/1991
Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1989 | UN Peace-keeping Force arrives in Windhoek to prefare for independence of Namibia. |
| 6/22/1996 | Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut. |
| 10/30/1977 | One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India. |
| 1/14/1990 | J&K Governor quits. |
| 12/31/1998 | Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 6/6/1981 | The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river. |
| 9/28/1993 | Gas pipe below Karakas National Highway exploded claiming 58 lives. |
| 4/11/1937 | Ramnath Krishnan, well known Indian Tennis player, was born. |
| 4/21/1805 | Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers. |
| 8/25/2000 | Veerappan seeks release of 121 prisoners, including 51 booked under TADA at the Mysore prison and compensation to victims of STF excesses |
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