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Historical Event on 5/17/1996

Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.
4/26/1992Medha Patkar arrested in Gujarat as the third Annual Goldman Environmental Prize of $ 60000 is awarded to her.
10/30/1990Several people died and many injured as security forces opened fire at a crowd marching towards Ram Janmabhumi/Babari Masjid to perform 'karseva'.
2/10/1986Pope John Paul II ends visit to India.
1/18/1995Kumble takes 16-99 in a match for Karnataka vs Kerala.
11/12/1930First 'Round Table Conference' started in London. Only Muslim League party was present in the conference and there were no representative of Congress. 16 Indian Kings, 23 British representatives and other 56 Indians took part in this conference. The Muslim League consisted of Sir Agha Khan, Mohammed Ali Jauhar, Quaid-e-Azam, Sir Mohammed Shafi, Fazl-ul-Haq, Chaudhary Zafarullah and Ghulam Hussain.
8/16/1923Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
12/16/1921Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river.
8/17/1947The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.