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Historical Event on 5/17/1916

Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1990Darbarsingh, former Chief Minister of Punjab, passed away.
1/23/1954Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
12/3/1979Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
2/2/1862Pandit Shambhunath was the first Indian to become Judge of Indian High Court.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
12/4/1990Maharashtra Gomantak Party withdraws support to Goa ministry led by Dr. Luis Proto Barbosa.
5/2/1977C.V. Narasimhan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 25/11/77).
10/6/1862Indian Penal Code was notified. However, it was implemented from 1st January 1862.
5/28/1883Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasik.