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Historical Event on 5/17/1887

Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1993Motilal Vohra made governor of UP.
6/18/1887Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, freedom fighter, educationist, leader and Minister of India, was born in Poiyavan village, Gaya district, Bihar.
7/9/1746French sailor's fleet reached at the bank of Pondichery in India.
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
7/7/1910'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established.
7/2/1941Muhammad Baqa Jilani, one Test for India, 0-55, died at the age of 29.
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
1/1/1874The first women magazine ""Bola Bodhini"" was published.
6/13/1997At least 60 persons were feared killed and several injured in a fire in Uphaar Grand cinema in South Delhi.
1/5/1968Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.