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Historical Event on 12/17/1978
Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/18/1993 | Girilal Jain, 71, The Times of India editor, died. |
| 3/2/1986 | Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away. |
| 8/27/1910 | Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia. |
| 12/8/1985 | The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8). |
| 9/21/1954 | Last Indian troops withdraw from Tibet. |
| 7/3/1863 | Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], santee Sioux Indian chief, passed away. |
| 2/16/1982 | Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away. |
| 4/15/1890 | Gaganvihari Lalubhai Mehta, famous Indian economist, politician and journalist, was born. |
| 6/4/1955 | Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated. |
| 2/23/1993 | Noted Hindi poet Naresh Mehta wins Gyanpith Award. |
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