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Historical Event on 5/17/1974

Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/1962Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War.
8/1/1966Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was established at Palampur under the aegis of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, to cater to the need of hilly areas of erstwhile Punjab.
6/19/1931Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
12/25/1974Indian Aeroplane Jumbo 747 was hijacked and taken over to Rome.
6/11/1997BSE sensitive index reaches 3927.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
4/2/2000Guru Granth Sahib is a juristic person and can hold property, says the apex court in a judgment of ''far-reaching consequences and great significance''.
4/16/1991President's rule imposed in Haryana.
7/13/1998India and Germany sign an agreement on promoting and protecting investment in Bonn.