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Historical Event on 12/17/1974

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

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1784Sir William Jones, Judge and linguist, and Sir Warren Hastings established the Asiatic Society of Bengal at Calcutta. This was the first scholastic institution.
3/9/1993AIADMK severs alliance with the Congress in Tamil Nadu.
5/8/1963Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder.
5/8/1930Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
12/15/1995Rajya Sabha approves extension of President's rule in J & K for a further period of 6 months and also passes Government resolution approving imposition of President's rule in UP.
5/29/1658Dara Shukoh was utterly defeated by Aurangzeb in the battle of Samugarh near Agra.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
9/10/1915Jatindranath Mukhrjee, great revolutionary, died after being wounded in a pitched battle between the revolutionaries and the police, aided by an army unit, in Balasore.
3/16/1912Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.