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Historical Event on 5/17/1996

Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
3/30/1919Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act.
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
12/1/1966Nagaland becomes a state of the Indian Union.
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
11/15/1937Jayshankar Prasad, famous Hindi writer, died. His works include the epic (mahakavya) ""Kamayanee"" and plays ""Chandra Gupt"" and ""Ska
5/31/1756Jose Cusodio Faria was born in Candolim of Goa. He was a revolutionary scientist and also known as Abbe Faria.
1/23/1915Kamal Nayan Bajaj, famous industrialist, was born.
1/1/1992Petrol and diesel price hiked in 11 states to make it uniform all over the country.
2/3/1992Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first).