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Historical Event on 12/17/1978
Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1992 | Shreyanprasad Jain, famous philanthropist and industrialist, passed away. |
| 6/27/1839 | Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ruler of Punjab and Spiritual Guru of sikh community, passed away. |
| 8/4/2000 | Justice Brij Mohan Lal was sworn in chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission. |
| 6/11/1997 | BSE sensitive index reaches 3927. |
| 2/27/1996 | In the Jain hawala case, non bailable warrants of arrest issued against 10 politicians including BJP leader L.K. Advani, former Dy. PM Devi Lal and former Union Ministers. |
| 10/29/1958 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award. |
| 3/13/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947. |
| 12/27/1985 | The Indian National Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, begins its centenary celebrations in Bombay. . |
| 11/21/1991 | An Inter Governmental Coference on Youth Tourism, held for first time, was hosted by the Government of India under the aegis of the World Tourism Organisation. (18-11-91). |
| 10/31/1955 | The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat. |
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