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Historical Event on 5/17/1916
Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/3/1912 | M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur. |
| 7/22/1997 | Govt. issues notification saying that Prasar Bharati Act, 1990 would come into force from Sept. 15. |
| 4/27/1918 | Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army. |
| 1/17/1913 | Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab. |
| 3/25/1920 | Sardar Sambhaji Chandrojirao Angre, politician and farmer, was born. |
| 1/17/1999 | Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta. |
| 3/19/1996 | Election Commission announces dates of Lok Sabha elections (Apr. 27, May 2, 7 & 21) and Assembly elections in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, West Bengal, Assam & Pondicherry. |
| 1/31/1931 | Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born. |
| 5/1/1879 | Swami Vivekanand established Ramkrishna Mission. |
| 9/25/1928 | Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born. |
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