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Historical Event on 12/17/1978
Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/29/1936 | Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 3/18/1948 | Eknath Dhondu Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder), was born in Bombay. He is recipient of Arjun Award (1973). |
| 1/6/1842 | 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul.. |
| 5/24/1990 | K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away. |
| 9/29/2000 | Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary. |
| 11/27/1920 | Kanhaiyalal Bhagwandas Harjal, educationist, was born at Mohpa, Maharashtra. |
| 12/20/1866 | Panchkadi Banerjee, famous journalist and editor, was born. |
| 3/9/1997 | Bangladesh and Chakma refugee leaders sign a historic agreement for repatriation of the 50,000 refugees sheltered in six camps in Tripura for the past 11 years. |
| 10/26/1995 | India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan. |
| 8/16/1922 | Raunaq Singh, great industrialist and philanthropist, was born at Daska. |
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