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Historical Event on 12/17/1974

Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/27/1994D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away.
6/17/2000Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi.
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
3/6/1997Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
11/7/1995G-15 summit concludes calling for South-South cooperation and reduction of trade barriers, tariffs among the member countries, stability of interest and exchange rates.
10/3/2000India and Russia sign a declaration on strategic partnership.
8/25/1965Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
11/11/1996A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500.