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Historical Event on 5/17/1857
Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
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| 4/18/1926 | Padmakar Ganesh Chitle, famous Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 8/1/1927 | Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, famous Hindi litterateur, was born. |
| 9/28/2000 | Marion Jones wins the 200m gold medal at Sydney. |
| 1/1/1934 | Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka. |
| 8/15/1969 | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy. |
| 4/29/1997 | R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died. |
| 4/20/1992 | U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away. |
| 3/30/1908 | Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born. |
| 2/11/1997 | A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments. |
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