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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 |
| 5/18/1992 | President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing. |
| 9/4/1996 | Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI. |
| 9/21/1933 | Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away. |
| 8/10/1901 | Narayan Pillai Gopala Pillai, great poet and educationist, was born in Quilon, Kerala. |
| 12/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India. |
| 12/7/1998 | Husain Quli, the new Governor of Bengal, defeated the rebels and put them to fight. Daud was captured and put to death. |
| 3/20/1952 | Anand Armitraj, great Indian tennis player (Brother of Vijay), was born. |
| 8/20/1909 | Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar. |
| 3/8/1995 | Dr. Duranand Kanhan Pillai, great litterateur of Malyali language, died. |
| 5/3/1945 | Hurricane-equipped squadrons played a major role in the Arakan offensive which began in December 1944, disrupting the enemy's lines of communication and constantly harrying the Japanese forces until victory was achieved with the re-occupation of Rangoon. |
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