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Historical Event on 12/17/1978
Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/13/1991 | Surjit Singh Barnala resigns as Governor of Tamil Nadu. |
| 3/24/1902 | Anusilan Samiti, a revolutionary organisation, was formed in Bengal. |
| 4/4/1889 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer, Hindi litterateur and President of All India, was born in Babai village, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 3/23/1911 | Indranath Bandopadhyay, Bengali comedy writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 2/6/1932 | Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, passed away. |
| 12/15/1976 | Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit |
| 6/19/1979 | Morarji Desai resigns after split in Janata Party. |
| 2/13/1968 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha. |
| 12/11/1908 | New law suspends trial by jury and increases penalties for 'sedition.' |
| 1/30/1785 | Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
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