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Historical Event on 12/17/1974

Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/18/1993Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya.
12/30/1935Lord Reading, former Viceroy and Governor General of India, died at the age of 76 at UK.
3/4/1927Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born.
4/27/1857Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born.
7/26/1993Swami Chinmayananda is named 1992 Hindu of the Year for a lifetime of dynamic service to Sanatana Dharma worldwide. He attained 'mahasamadhi' on July 26 at age 77.
5/14/1999Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal.
9/29/2000A special court convicted former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his then cabinet colleague Buta Singh in the JMM MPs' bribery case. Nine others got benefit of doubt.
8/14/1996Amrit Rai, son of Munshi Premchand, died.
1/4/1881Publication of newspaper 'Kesri' started.
12/5/1898Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.