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Historical Event on 5/17/1980

V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1931Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London.
3/21/1997Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.
10/2/1904Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh.
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
1/10/1818The last battle was fought in Rampura between the Marathas and the company.
7/28/1994Uproar in Parliament over the Government's rejection of JPC report.
11/16/198966 out of 71 trapped miners at Raniganj rescued.
3/16/1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
10/16/1788Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi.
12/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case.