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Historical Event on 2/17/1917

Fali Mistry, film director and cameraman, was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/28/1981New Government led by the Congress (I) leader K. Karunakaran installed in Kerala.
9/29/1993JD, JD(A) and SJP merge to fight BJP in the assembly elections.
6/10/1997Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich.
1/16/1985Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
3/19/1998BJP-led coalition government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the second time Prime Minister of India.
1/21/1993Chander Pal at Bangalore sets record for High Jump in 2.17.
6/15/1960Bardwan University was established in West Bengal.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
9/24/1999India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.
9/13/1928Shridhar Pathak, prominent Hindi writer, passed away.