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Historical Event on 12/17/1959
Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/26/1943 | Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta. |
| 3/21/1979 | The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988). |
| 10/29/1961 | New All India Muslim League was established. |
| 12/30/1865 | Rudyard Kipling, famous English litterateur and author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/30/1988 | Sheshrao Wankhede, barrister, passed away. |
| 4/18/1961 | Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India. |
| 11/19/1977 | Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh causing flooding and tidal waves and killing 10,000. |
| 7/16/1991 | Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%. |
| 5/11/1965 | The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country. |
| 1/21/1820 | Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born. |
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