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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 |
| 1/21/1996 | Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction. |
| 5/5/1929 | Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay. |
| 11/11/1999 | Mr. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, leaves for Durban summit of the Commonhealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM). |
| 7/9/1993 | Passport fees raised from Rs. 60 to Rs.300. |
| 4/29/1979 | Raja Mahendra Pratap, great revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 93. |
| 4/9/1986 | First University in India devoted to hygiene established at Vijaywada. |
| 5/7/1994 | Sunit Khatau, famous industrialist and textile magnet in Mumbai and owner of Khatau Group, was murdered. He was 55. |
| 4/9/1991 | Rajendra Mathur, editor of Hindi daily newspaper 'Navbharat Times', passed away. |
| 6/16/1893 | Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/1/1966 | Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away. |
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