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Historical Event on 5/17/1887

Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1999Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore.
8/2/1891Padmashree V. P. Karmarkar (Nanasaheb), famous sculptor, was born.
9/18/1941Arjuncharan Srimukh Sethi was born in Odang village in Balasore (now known as Bhadrak) in Orissa.
12/1/1966Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.
8/8/1936Corbett National Park was established. It was the first country in the country.
1/19/1855G. Subramaniam Iyer, active worker of Indian National Congress since its establishment, was born.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
11/23/1933Rajan Mehra, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1986-87, was born at Delhi.
11/5/1906Initials of the place of issuance of notes were started to be printed instead of Issuing Circle's name.
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.