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Historical Event on 9/17/1937

Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
1/25/1954Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.
9/29/1977India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water.
1/27/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.
7/30/1997Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students.
7/22/199824-year old P T Usha won bronze medals in the 400m and 200m races and anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
2/12/1987Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
3/26/1990Sangma Ministry quits in Meghalaya. B. B. Lyngdoh is new CM.
9/27/1856Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language.