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Historical Event on 05/17/1540
Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
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| 11/1/2000 | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi. |
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| 10/19/1967 | Dr. C. V. Raman elucidated his new theory on wave motion in respect to vision and dim light. |
| 3/15/1992 | Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years. |
| 6/6/1997 | U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal. |
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