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Historical Event on 12/17/1978
Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/24/1813 | Krishna Mohan Bandopadhyay, leader, essay writer and journalist in Bengal, was born. |
| 4/3/1994 | B. Rachaiah,Kerala Governor, takes charge of Goa. |
| 10/2/1954 | Chandernagar, former under French possession, was made a part of West Bengal. |
| 11/23/1926 | Satya Sai Baba, Hindu universalist renaissance charismatic guru, educationalist and worker of miracles, was born. |
| 6/18/1887 | Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, freedom fighter, educationist, leader and Minister of India, was born in Poiyavan village, Gaya district, Bihar. |
| 3/22/1964 | 200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela. |
| 1/20/1999 | Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award. |
| 1/1/1948 | Orissa High Court was established at Cuttack for Orissa territory. |
| 2/1/1994 | ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company. |
| 1/11/1986 | The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary. |
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