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Historical Event on 12/17/1978

Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/14/1961Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
10/11/1994Molly Chacko at Hiroshima sets record for 3000m (Women) in 9.06.42.
1/10/199728th International Film Festival of India opens at Trivandrum.
11/18/1978Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away.
10/16/1999Indian women claimed bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang
4/21/1991Hastmalji Maharaj, Jainbhumi parampujya, passed away.
7/21/1962Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.
6/14/1997Rajya Sabha chairman recognises split in AIADMK parliamentary party and designates Jayalalitha-led AIADMK as AIADMK(I) and Thirunavukkarasu group as AIADMK(II).