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Historical Event on 5/17/1991

Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1921Gul Muhammad, cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman), was born in Lahore.
7/8/1954Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab.
4/20/1991Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away.
1/11/1991Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa.
10/22/1962Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
5/13/1952Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
9/11/1956The PM announced in the Lok Sabha the conclusion of the Netaji Inquiry Committee that Netaji did die in an air-crash.
9/26/1998Sachin Tendulkar make a record 127 runs against Zimbabwe at Calcutta.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
11/18/1974Rajni Pannikar,noted story writer, passed away.