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Historical Event on 5/17/1992
Import of 106 life-saving drugs and 37 equipments allowed.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/9/1907 | Two thousand dacoits riot in eastern Bengal. |
| 2/5/1949 | Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed. |
| 9/4/1996 | Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC). |
| 1/15/1993 | PM asks for judicial probe into Bombay riots, sanctions Rs. 1 crore aid for victims. |
| 8/8/1923 | Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India. |
| 2/2/1814 | Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also. |
| 2/7/1975 | Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away. |
| 11/5/1998 | Baba Nagarjun ""Vaidyanath Mishra"" died. He wrote in Hindi, Maithali and Sanskrit. Some of his noted works are ""Patra-Heen- Nagna Gachh"", ""Dukhmochan"", ""Yugdhara"" and ""Sah |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 2/23/1969 | Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away. |
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