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Historical Event on 5/17/1916
Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/1/1956 | Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory. |
| 1/14/1641 | United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed. |
| 8/25/1990 | GOI announces formation of National Security Council headed by the Prime Minister. |
| 10/28/1998 | The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts. |
| 1/11/1986 | The first MiG-27M fighter, built under license by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, is delivered and inducted into the Indian Air Force. |
| 5/5/1972 | Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away. |
| 8/13/1913 | Khawtin Khuma, politician, was born at Phuldungsei, Tripura. |
| 2/21/1829 | Kittur Rani Channamma, revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. |
| 4/12/1871 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, editor in modern era and dictionary creator, was born. |
| 7/31/1993 | Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
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