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Historical Event on 11/17/1525

Babur came to India , and conquered it through Sindh in his fifth attempt.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/3/1993Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.
8/3/1960Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur.
10/2/1961Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established.
2/28/1987The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event).
8/18/1995Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.
2/6/1931Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, revolutionary, founder of 'Swaraj Party', political leader and barrister, passed away at Lucknow.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
1/12/1992Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous Classical singer, passed away at the age of 67.
9/28/1996Sukh Ram sent to Tihar jail in assets case.