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Historical Event on 5/17/1992
R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/9/1752 | French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India. |
| 1/14/1761 | The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony. |
| 4/30/1896 | Maa Anandamayee (1896-1982), God-intoxicated yogini and mystic Bengali saint, was born at Kheora. Her spirit lives on in devotees. |
| 3/3/1919 | Hari Narayan Apte, famous Marathi novelist, passed away. |
| 4/23/1929 | Ranjit Film Co. was founded by Chandulal Shah and Gohar at Bombay. |
| 5/9/1919 | Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi. |
| 7/5/1994 | Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award. |
| 10/26/1943 | Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta. |
| 2/25/1760 | Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765. |
| 3/21/1939 | Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow. |
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