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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 |
| 10/2/1955 | Nehru inaugurated an Integral Coach factory at Perambur. |
| 7/15/1936 | Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P. |
| 2/28/2000 | The Supreme Court orders notice to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, on a special leave petition filed by the State Government against the Madras High Court judgment upholding the trial court's order discharging her in the ""coal import case"". |
| 9/26/1923 | Dev Anand, film producer, director and actor, was born. |
| 3/31/1942 | During the 2nd World War, Japan was heavily successful in Burma and Andaman which posted a danger to the Indian Security. |
| 10/15/1921 | Gul Muhammad, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman), was born in Lahore. |
| 6/17/1913 | Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born. |
| 7/1/1929 | Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.). |
| 9/11/1956 | The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash. |
| 11/11/1973 | India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi. |
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