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Historical Event on 5/17/1991

Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/24/1896Thiripad V. T. Bhatt, author and journalist, was born.
7/30/2000Punjab Police men and Indian Railways women claim the Federation Cup basketball tournament at Visakhapatnam.
9/12/1965Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.
9/15/1993Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram.
2/5/1970Kauai Aadheenam, Hindu monastery, site of Kadavul Hindu Temple, Saiva Siddhanta Church headquarters, San Marga Sanctuary and editorial offices of Hinduism Today were founded today at Hawaii's Garden Island.
10/23/1992UPSC decides to introduce a new essay paper for the civil services examination.
4/22/1993Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike.
2/19/1919Arvind Gokhle, great Marathi story writer, was born.
2/19/1919Daud Shah assasinated Mujahid Shah to become the fourth Bahmani Sultan, but himself was murdered by a slave.
3/25/1999Arathi Ponnappa,Former National tennis champion, called it quits from competitive tennis in Bangalore.