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Historical Event on 5/17/1887
Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
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| 5/3/1959 | Sadhvi Uma GulabSingh Bharti was born in Dunda, Distt. Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh). |
| 3/31/1871 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born. |
| 4/4/1990 | Lata Mangeshkar wins 1989 Dada Saheb Phalke award. |
| 6/13/1991 | Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists. |
| 2/16/1905 | Padmabhushan Aliyawar Jang, former Governor of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 4/10/1901 | Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal. |
| 1/12/1906 | Pandit Mahadeo Shastri Joshi, dictionary creator, was born. |
| 1/1/1991 | Bhanu Pratap Singh, Karnataka Governor, resigns. Goa governor Khurshid Alam Khan appointed in his place. |
| 5/7/1994 | Ustad Jahiruddin Dagar Nasir, famous classical singer of Dhrupad-Dhamar, passed away at the age of 62 in Bareilly. |
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