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Historical Event on 5/17/1991

Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1991Akbar's Vajir-E-Ajam 'Bairam Khan' was assassinated at Patan, Gujarat by an Afghan assassin Mubarak Khan Lohani ( whose father was slain by Bairam Khan) in the battle of Machiwara.
11/1/1930S. R. Bose, cricket test umpire for one test in 1983-84, was born in Bihar.
7/27/1928Rameshwar Sahai Saxena, famous writer, lawyer and journalist, was born at Lalitpur, (UP).
7/16/1992Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
11/5/1995Common Guidance test flight of Trishul successful.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
7/9/1969India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus).
5/13/1994Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
11/22/1915Mohandas Gandhi returns to India.