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Historical Event on 5/17/1992

R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
6/4/1932Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away.
5/3/1999Cochin Port Trust men and Southern Railway women won the 21st Federation Cup volleyball titles in Pathanamthitta.
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
10/12/1946Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), was born in Bombay.
1/5/1890Ganendra Mohan Tagore died.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.
6/2/1991Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam.
11/22/1899Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Tentuliguma village, Koraput district.
9/18/1965Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China.