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Historical Event on 9/17/1937

Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1997World Bank Atlas for 1997 put India as world's fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity estimated around $1318 trillion.
4/1/1963D.P. Kohli held office as the founder director of Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) from 1st April, 1963 (to 31st May, 1968). Earlier, he was Inspector-General of Police of the Special Police Establishment.
8/5/1965M. V. Sridhar, cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad vs Andhra Pradesh, 1994), was born.
1/3/1912Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
2/11/1996Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta.
4/23/1955Political Committee of Asian-African Conference at Bandung adopted an Indian resolution calling for a ban on atomic weapons.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
4/26/1762Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur.
10/3/1978Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay claimed the credit of India's first and the birth of world's second test-tube baby Durga Agrawal, who was born in Belle Vue Nursing Home in Calcutta.