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Historical Event on 5/17/1887

Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1922Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab.
12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
8/6/1997Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
6/5/1994India test-fires a missile capable of reaching targets in China.
2/9/1991India holds the last decennial census of the century.
6/9/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India ends.
6/27/1999India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.
5/21/1990Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered.
2/11/1997NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.
10/2/1994Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.