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Historical Event on 05/17/1540
Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
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| 7/13/1964 | Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler), was born in Calcutta. |
| 7/13/1964 | Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects. |
| 3/16/1995 | K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget. |
| 4/13/1963 | Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away. |
| 5/18/1985 | Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain. |
| 6/9/1998 | 81 persons are killed as cyclone hits the Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat and Jalore district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, the toll is put at 934 in the Kutch-Saurashtra region alone. |
| 5/29/1993 | Ramesh More, Shiv Sena MLA, was murdered. |
| 8/3/1957 | Devdas Gandhi, son of Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhiji and noted journalist, passed away. |
| 7/24/1837 | Kanishta, son of Samajya Laxshmi, was killed. |
| 12/7/1979 | Ramandeep Singh Gill, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Oslo, Norway. |
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