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Historical Event on 5/17/1996

Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1997Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
4/22/1991IMF and the World Bank decide to grant $1 billion loan to India.
6/13/196660 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay.
7/1/1821Daily newspaper 'Mumbai Samachar' was published.
7/8/1996T.N. Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner, wins Magsaysay award.
10/6/1949Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone of National Defence Academy in Kharakvasla near Pune.
4/29/1954India accepted Tibet as a part of China.
11/21/1993India and South Africa sign a historic pact on re-establishing diplomatic and consular relations after a gap of 50 years.
12/25/1949Dr. Hari Singh Gour, famous law expert, great social reformer, jurist, leader and educationist, passed away.