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Historical Event on 5/17/1980

V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
9/22/1992Indo-British Extradition Treaty signed in London.
11/16/1962Chinese troops launch a major offensive in the frontier war.
7/7/1910'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established.
2/27/1996Manmohan Singh presents the vote-on-account as part of the interim budget in Lok Sabha for 1996-97 with a Rs. 5000 crore deficit.
2/3/1905Sir Padampat Singhania, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
2/25/1993113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.
5/17/1993Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns; Dy. CM Wilfred D'Souza elected to succeed.
8/23/1872Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, leader, social reformer and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, was born at Kanuparthi village in Ongole district in Andhra Pradesh.