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Historical Event on 5/17/1974

Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1999Quiet start to the 13th Lok Sabha.
7/14/1999Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
3/7/199922 persons are killed and six injured when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the IAF crashes at Pappankulam near Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi.
10/25/1989P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.
5/17/2000The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
2/20/1868Sisir Kumar, Basanta Kumar and Hemanta Kumar, three brothers, first published the 'Amrita Bazar Partika', a weekly issue in Bengali.
2/19/1891Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper.