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Historical Event on 5/17/1996

Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1992Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1)
10/31/1990Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead.
1/25/1988Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987).
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
5/3/1969Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India.
1/15/1929Dr. Martin Luther King, civil rights leader of the United States of America, freedom fighter and Nobel Prize awardee, was born at America.
1/7/1994Malhotra Committee recommends privatisation and foreign participation of LIC and GIC.
1/23/1996Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93.
7/1/1990General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.



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