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Historical Event on 5/17/1927
A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born.
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| 7/5/1984 | Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore. |
| 7/2/1993 | Delhi High Court stays the Lok Sabha Speaker's order disqualifying four Janata Dal MPs under the anti-defection law. |
| 4/6/1956 | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987). |
| 10/15/1931 | Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol |
| 9/23/1862 | Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born. |
| 4/9/1695 | Waman Pandit, famous pandit poet, took samadhee at Bhogav. |
| 11/28/1945 | Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs India at Calcutta. |
| 5/30/1887 | The 7th Battalion of the Mechanised Infantry Regiment was raised as 37 DOGRAS by Lt. Col V. Rivas at Sialkot. |
| 7/27/1991 | Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed. |
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