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Historical Event on 12/17/1877

Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1918C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous film music director, was born.
7/25/1986Sikh extremist kill 16 Hindus in Muhktsar India.
2/2/1952India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras.
9/3/1999Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil.
4/17/1975Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
2/14/1929Devendra Lal was born in Varanasi. He made extensive studies of meteorites of Lunar rocks brought by the Apollo and Luna Missions and of material from the Ocean bed. He also evolved techniques to understand post events in the solar system from cosmic ray ""Signatures"". One of his most significant findings is that the intensity of cosmic rays during the last few million years has been the same as it is today. He was a geophysicist associated with the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
3/1/1939Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.
4/1/1985Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala).
1/19/1997Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National Football championship in Jabalpur.
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.