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Historical Event on 5/17/1996

Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1945Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi.
11/9/1977Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away.
12/27/1936Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism.
12/8/1932Indian Air Force Act was passed.
11/3/1999Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M).
10/14/1956Dr. Bhimrao Ramji, Ambedkar and about two lakh scheduled caste men and women embraced Buddhism in Nagpur.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
8/2/1922Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.
10/21/1916Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".