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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
9/29/1992Forex norms relaxed for wide range of purposes.
5/4/1989Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away.
6/19/1966Shiv Sena was established.
6/8/2000Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).
2/17/1976New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.
6/25/1900Louis Mountbatten, last British Voiceroy and first Governor General of independent India, was born at England.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
10/13/1991PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.
7/10/1992SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.