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Historical Event on 5/17/1857
Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/18/1994 | Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM. |
| 6/24/1946 | Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission. |
| 4/8/1925 | Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous music director and singer, was born. |
| 6/5/1994 | Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72. |
| 2/20/1994 | Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking. |
| 10/13/1998 | Salman Khan, Hindi film actor who was arrested on charges of killing protected wild animals near Jodhpur, is remanded to the custody of the Forest department. |
| 7/20/1916 | Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai. |
| 5/1/1996 | P. Shiv Shanker, Kerala Governor, resigns in view of the ongoing CBI investigation against him in the hawala case. |
| 6/12/1997 | Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died. |
| 12/28/2000 | India, Israel deal on Phalcon AWACS planes put on hold, pending change of guard in the U.S. |
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