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Historical Event on 5/17/1897

Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1921Chamber prince of a Royal Proclamation was inaugurated.
9/7/1995Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh CM, wins the vote of confidence. He received 227 votes. 31 were neutral.
11/9/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him.
1/30/1999Gopinath Bordoloi was awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, The Highest Civilian Award in India. 1999.
8/9/1971Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died.
7/1/1964Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established.
1/18/1959Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.
2/16/1911Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born.
4/6/1934Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born.
7/1/1938Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born.