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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 |
| 2/8/1872 | Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands. |
| 1/11/1858 | Shridhar Pathak, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 9/13/2000 | Central Government withdraws the ban on use of non-iodised salt despite protests from the medical community and several state governments. |
| 11/23/1993 | 'The Bullshit'', a Turkish film, wins the Golden Elephant award at the 8th International Childrens film festival in Udaipur. |
| 6/4/1972 | First Environment Day. |
| 6/10/1959 | Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, died near Hardwar. |
| 2/10/1946 | Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals. |
| 7/9/1938 | Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 10/10/1906 | Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born. |
| 4/11/1984 | Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7. |
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