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Historical Event on 5/17/1980

V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
8/22/1933Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
5/22/1992India launches its 'Agni' rocket.
3/13/1800Nana Phadanvis (Balaji Janardan Bhanu), veteran leader of Peshwa Kingdom, died.
2/7/1990Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997.
1/4/1906Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
8/8/1948Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, passed away at Pearl River, New York.
1/27/1984First unit of Atomic Energy Production Centre started at Kalpakkam.
1/27/1984Guru Amardasji passed away.