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Historical Event on 5/17/1857

Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1923Vishnu Moreshwar Mahajani, famous author, poet and playwright, passed away.
9/1/1956Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation.
7/1/1982MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children.
7/19/1998Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
6/1/1992S.K. Datta became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/93).
9/2/1984Thousands of Sikhs rally at Golden Temple to protest govt. occupation in Amritsar.
2/13/1994Dr. Krishnaprasad Mishra, 'Sahitya Academy Award' winner, Oria novelist and short story writer, passed away.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
12/11/1931Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", guru of the rich, was born.