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Historical Event on 5/17/1916
Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
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| 2/14/1901 | King Edward VII open's his first parliament. |
| 2/17/1994 | Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India. |
| 2/17/1994 | Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle. |
| 12/24/1924 | Mohammed Rafi, famous playback singer, was born. |
| 10/2/1994 | Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary. |
| 1/29/1955 | 'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established. |
| 12/15/1908 | Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala. |
| 5/20/1992 | V. Prabhakaran, LTTE supremo, heads the list of 41 accused in the SIT chargesheet. |
| 6/28/1921 | Sahityaratna P. V. Narsingh Rao, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
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