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Historical Event on 2/17/1917

Fali Mistry, film director and cameraman, was born in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/16/1989Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs.
12/28/2000The Kanchi Acharya presents the Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati national eminence awards to former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi (in absentia), scientist Ramnarayan Agarwal and pravachan artist Rameshbhai Ojha.
7/8/199125 tonnes of gold moved to London from India to raise $ 200 million loan.
8/15/1947Indian Independence Day.
6/3/1985The week comprising of five working days was implemented in Central Government Offices for its staff.
5/30/1826The first Hindi newspaper 'Udant Martand' was published from Calcutta under the Editorship of Pandit Shridhar Shukla.
3/26/1992Rs. 245 crore relief in customs, excise duties announced.
3/26/1980Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police).
9/30/1999India successfully test-fired its multi-target surface-to-air missile 'Akash'.
5/14/1963Dr. Raghuvir, a famous linguist and President of Jansangh, passed away.