|
|
Historical Event on 5/17/1916
Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/20/1954 | Armistice for Indo-China signed. |
| 5/30/1895 | Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born. |
| 11/17/1857 | Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow. |
| 5/21/1994 | The Union Government imposes blanket ban on capitation fee for admission to private professional colleges. |
| 9/25/1857 | Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins. |
| 12/3/1956 | Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story writer, passed away. |
| 4/29/1909 | Tukdoji Maharaj, social reformer, modern Saint and poet, was born at Yavli in Amravati district, Maharashtra. |
| 9/24/1726 | King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta. |
| 7/29/1995 | Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born. |
| 6/4/1987 | A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
