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Historical Event on 5/17/1980
V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/21/1906 | Vyomeshchandra Banerjee, first president of All India Congress, passed away. |
| 12/22/1853 | Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district. |
| 12/12/1908 | Gaandhiji released from Volksrust Gaol. Indian National Congress adopts resolution on South Africa, criticizing the harsh, humiliating and cruel treatment to British Indians in South Africa as injurious to English Empire. |
| 4/8/1894 | Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. |
| 8/15/2000 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"". |
| 10/3/1831 | Britishers captured Mysore. |
| 12/14/1931 | Viceroy of India issues new powers to seize properties of those who, following independence leader Gandhi, refuse to pay taxes. |
| 3/13/1800 | Nana Phadanvis (Balaji Janardan Bhanu), veteran leader of Peshwa Kingdom, died. |
| 1/8/1965 | Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History. |
| 11/18/1937 | 1,100 prisoners freed after appeal by Gandhi, his first political act in year. |
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