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Historical Event on 5/17/1957
Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/29/1947 | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar became the President of Constitution Council. |
| 12/21/1999 | Kushabhau Thakre, BJP president, said that Ayodhya issue was a 'programme' and not an ideology of the party. |
| 2/10/1990 | Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died. |
| 7/20/1636 | John Oldham, trader of mass, was murdered by Indians. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 7/31/1974 | B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974. |
| 8/13/1795 | Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70. |
| 2/22/1958 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad passed away in New Delhi, India. He was a great leader, great orator, revolutionary and fighter for national freedom. Some of his works which are the masterpieces of the Urdu language are ""Ghubari-Khatir"" and Tadhkirah"". He was Minister of Education in the first Indian Government. |
| 2/13/1994 | Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence. |
| 12/11/1968 | Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology. |
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