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Historical Event on 2/17/1992

S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1921Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
10/21/1943Azad Hind Government was established in Singapore and Netaji Subhashchandra Bose was elected as its national leader.
3/22/1957National Calander based on Saka Samvat was adopted. As per this calander, the date of adoption was "Chaitra first, 1879 Saka along with Gregorian.
7/25/1991Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, famous economist and former central minister, passed away.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
10/25/1999Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament.
8/9/1911Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay.
9/25/1997India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
12/25/1943Japanese bombers raid Chittagong.
5/20/1994Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.