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Historical Event on 11/17/1991

Narasimha Rao, PM, wins by-election in Nandyal with a record margin of 5,80,297 votes.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/1936Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, expert in north Indian classical music, died. He was also a lawyer, professor and social reformer.
5/9/1995Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.
8/20/1933Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast.
4/18/1918Amboo alias Lalita Pawar was born in Indore. She will be always remembered as the a leading film actress and character artist. Her first film was 'Ganimi Kawa' (1928). Some of the other films of silent era are Shri Balaji, Bhimsen, Champion of the Sward, Chatur Sunderi, Goodbye Marriage, Flaming Soul, Kailash.
7/21/1935Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.
1/23/1993Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad, 61 die.
12/5/1991Sarkaria report accepted.
12/5/1991Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20).
1/28/1925Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.