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Historical Event on 5/17/1927
A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born.
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| 7/6/1935 | Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989. |
| 9/25/1914 | Devilal, former deputy Prime Minister of India and leader of farmers, was born. |
| 4/16/1801 | Warrior Vithoji Holkar of Peshwa kingdom was assassinated. |
| 10/9/1992 | Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail. |
| 12/8/1857 | Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail. |
| 11/27/1994 | D. V. Purohit (Nanasaheb), veteran freedom figher and revolutionary, passed away. |
| 12/28/1883 | Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"". |
| 6/6/1969 | Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag. |
| 4/22/1942 | Galagnath (Vyanktesh Tirko Kulkarni), famous Kannad novelist, passed away. |
| 3/10/1995 | Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died. |
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