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Historical Event on 5/17/1996

Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1968Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
8/6/1997Cabinet approves a proposal to amend the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, with a view to removing epilepsy as a ground for annulling marriage or for declaring marriage as null and void.
4/29/1947Abolition of ""untouchability"".
3/1/1995Iftikar, famous character actor, died.
11/23/1997Nirad C.Chaudhuri, famous author, completed 100 years of his life.
11/9/1972Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born.
1/31/1996Asia's first Sports University inaugurated in Pune.
4/20/1989Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails.
2/26/1971Noel David, Hyderabad off-spinner who played ODI in 1997, was born.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.