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Historical Event on 5/17/1927
A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/25/1890 | Radheshyam, famous stage, film actor and director, was born. |
| 1/31/1931 | Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born. |
| 2/8/1936 | Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress. |
| 2/8/1936 | Qutubu'd-din Aibak (1206-1210) was crowned at Lahore after the death of Muhammad of Ghuri. He was originally a slave of Turkestan. As he started his career as a slave, the dynasty founded by him in India is known as ""Slave Dynasty"". The construction of Qutabminar was started during his regime. Since he was very generous, the people called him ""Lakh Baksh"". |
| 1/16/1938 | Sarat Chandra Chatterji, famous Bengali novelist and writer, passed away. |
| 12/5/1935 | Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born. |
| 9/4/1996 | Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI. |
| 5/24/1990 | K. S. Hegde, former President of Parliament, passed away. |
| 6/22/1994 | L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died. |
| 4/7/1997 | NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi. |
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