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Historical Event on 5/17/1857
Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/14/2000 | Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office. |
| 7/2/1961 | Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex. |
| 12/11/1976 | Aliyawar Jung, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
| 7/28/1921 | Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India. |
| 9/16/1996 | First one-day international in Canada played between India and Pakistan at Toronto. |
| 6/6/1997 | U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal. |
| 6/9/1980 | M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office. |
| 2/20/1993 | Government decides to form an Autonomous Council for the tribals within Assam to solve Bodo issue. |
| 2/19/1670 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the great Maratha, was born. |
| 3/31/1935 | 374 infants wed at a mass ceremony. |
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