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Historical Event on 5/17/1991

Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/20/1999Shobha Subrahmanyam, managing director of the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group of publications, was elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 1999-2000.
9/4/1987Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.
2/17/1994Bihar leader Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and Mizoram's Dr. C. Silvera inducted into Union Cabinet.
9/29/1994Cable Television Regulation Ordinance issued.
2/11/1913Surendranath Dwivedi, educationist, politician and writer, was born in Khandasahi (Orissa).
5/1/1960Old Bombay province was divided between Maharashtra and Gujrat States.
11/2/2000John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI.
10/28/1996L.K. Advani, BJP President, appears personally for the first time in a Gwalior Court.
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
6/23/1993Motilal Vohra made governor of UP.