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Historical Event on 5/17/1996
Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1996 | Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya. |
| 10/30/1887 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born. |
| 8/28/1904 | First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held. |
| 10/15/1996 | H.D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, launched the concluding ceremony of the 85th year of ICMR at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He also gave away the ICMR Prizes and Awards (1994-95) to outstanding bio-medical scientists of India. |
| 1/18/1980 | Assam agitation turns violent; Army called in. |
| 2/24/1936 | Laxmibai Tilak, famous marathi poet, passed away. |
| 6/12/1972 | D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died. |
| 5/5/1983 | Keshavrao Kothavle 'Lalit', editor of monthly magzine, passed away. |
| 10/5/1805 | Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 3/2/1938 | Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away. |
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