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Historical Event on 5/17/1974
Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/22/1993 | The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu. |
| 1/9/1923 | Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
| 10/10/1844 | Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born. |
| 9/4/1947 | Gandhiji breaks fast. |
| 12/12/1905 | Mulkraj Anand, Indo-Anglian novelist and critic of international repute, was born in Peshawar, Pakistan. |
| 9/21/1992 | Tarachand Barjatya, film producer, passed away. |
| 5/15/1949 | Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan. |
| 1/26/1965 | Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India. |
| 11/29/1952 | First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay. |
| 11/29/1996 | The Indian Journal of Medical Research brought out special issues, as part of the 85th year celebrations of ICMR, on Nutrition Research (November 1995) and Diarrhoeal Diseases (July, 1996). The ICMR Bulletin also brought out special issues on such topics as Nutrition, Tuberculosis, AIDS, Tribal Health, etc. so as to coincide with the theme selected for a particular month as part of the celebrations. As part of the global theme initiative coordinated by JAMA, USA, the January 1996 issue of the ICMR was devoted to 'Emerging and Re-emerging Infections'. |
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