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Historical Event on 2/17/1918
S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/8/1922 | Hari Prasad Sharma, cricket Test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Delhi. |
| 4/6/1664 | Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese. |
| 4/29/1954 | India accepted Tibet as a part of China. |
| 7/12/2000 | 67 persons died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb. |
| 12/20/1993 | Jaichandran Nair, Colonel Neelkantan, died. |
| 3/16/1986 | Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail. |
| 11/28/1962 | K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died. |
| 9/25/1899 | Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara. |
| 1/16/1901 | Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away. |
| 8/27/1992 | The President issues two ordinances making it mandatory for new medical and dental colleges to obtain prior approval of the Medical and Dental Councils of India before their establishment. |
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