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Historical Event on 05/17/1498
Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.

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11/15/1920	Assembly meeting of the League of Nations.
11/21/1921	Prince of Wales visited India and Congress observed all India strike.
8/17/1944	Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence.
12/21/1952	Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour.
5/13/1997	Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
9/14/1992	Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.
4/21/1992	UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi.
9/21/1895	Annapurnanand, great writer, was born.
2/5/1949	Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed.
5/8/1996	The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.

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Historical Event on 05/17/1498 Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.

Historical Event on 05/17/1498
Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.