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Historical Event on 5/17/1887

Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/29/1954India accepted Tibet as a part of China.
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12/4/2000India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade.
12/11/1991Murali Manohar Joshi, BJP President, sets out on 'the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Ekta Yatra' (unity march).
11/30/1999The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term.
1/25/1914Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa.
6/22/1996Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test debut.
4/17/1952First Lok Sabha was formed. Ananthasaynam Ayyangar, was elected as the first Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha (1952).
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
10/2/1845First Shipping Company of India started.