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Historical Event on 5/17/1991

Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1994Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.
6/28/1975Netherlands gives independence to Dutch Guyana, which becomes Suriname; one third of Hindus (descendants of Indian plantation workers) emigrate to Netherlands for better social and economic conditions.
4/17/1946Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away.
5/6/199712 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi.
2/18/1996Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya.
7/7/1763Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal.
6/11/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, asserts that India had not deployed the `Prithvi' ballistic missile anywhere in the country or on the border.
4/2/1996Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) party registered and recognised.
5/28/1925Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born.
4/12/1936Nehru urges Socialism for India.