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Historical Event on 12/17/1978

Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/24/1999Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.
8/27/1604Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
9/22/1902Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, (right-hand batsman who batted in India's first two Tests), was born in Bombay.
11/29/1999Delhi HC dismisses the CBI plea against Jain brothers in Hawala case.
3/1/1950The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000.
11/14/1957Children's Day.
2/7/1992Shalki', the first submarine designed in India, joined Indian Navy.
5/7/1994Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55.
11/5/1945Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.