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Historical Event on 8/17/1916
Amritlal Naagar was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/11/1944 | Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha), was born. |
| 2/25/1993 | BJP rally in New Delhi foiled. |
| 4/21/1946 | Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test umpire, ICC referee), was born in Madras. He received Arjun Award (1971). |
| 7/10/1991 | C. G. Pandit, famous scientist and Padmabhushan awardee, died. |
| 7/10/1991 | Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 3/14/1931 | First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry. |
| 1/21/1981 | Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away. |
| 11/3/1999 | Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M). |
| 7/20/1955 | Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar. |
| 9/18/1927 | Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established. |
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