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Historical Event on 5/17/1857

Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1858Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.
4/16/1996Narasimha Rao, PM, visits Kerala (2 days).
2/2/1814Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also.
7/2/1970Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, passed away.
3/1/1905Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born.
1/19/1982Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal.
12/26/1989The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament.
12/26/1989Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi.
7/23/1906Chandrashekhar Azad, great freedom revolutionery and leader, was born at Jhabra, Madhya Pradesh.
9/29/1932Hamid Dalwai, Muslim social reformer, was born.