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Historical Event on 12/17/1910
Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay.
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| 5/7/1889 | Dr. Narayan Subbarao Hardikar, freedom fighter, journalist and Padmabhushan awardee, was born. |
| 4/14/1916 | Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer (India 1947-48), was born at Mamandur, Tamil Nadu. |
| 4/10/1982 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral). |
| 8/21/1990 | Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha . |
| 6/17/1903 | Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born. |
| 8/13/1993 | All the TDP MLAs suspended from Andhra Pradesh Assembly. |
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| 8/9/1902 | King Edward VII was crowned the emperor of Great Britain at Westminster Abbey after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. Earlier, he had held a grand function in which nearly 4,56,000 invitees celebrated this royal feast. |
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