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Historical Event on 5/17/1927
A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/22/1687 | Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom. |
| 6/9/1998 | 81 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone. |
| 2/9/1931 | A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi. |
| 3/21/1979 | Morarji Desai, PM, inaugurated the Backward Classes Commission in New Delhi. |
| 3/21/1979 | Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur. |
| 10/21/1998 | Ajit alias Hamid Ali Khan (76), Hindi film actor, dies in Hyderabad. |
| 12/4/1977 | Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born. |
| 7/27/1998 | Gian Singh, convicted for the murder of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, is sentenced to death. |
| 3/17/1985 | Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away. |
| 1/9/1854 | Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born. |
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