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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
11/5/1945Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi.
2/16/1969Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.
6/10/1832Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born.
1/1/1892Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district.
1/28/1951Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council.
2/11/1989Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.
5/31/1970Indira Gandhi called for international help as the civil war in Bangladesh, or East Pakistan, had turned two million people into refugees. Many of them were suffering from cholera and smallpox. The authorities of West Pakistan refused to care for them, and India couldn't afford to.
5/1/1992C. Arjun, famous music director, passed away.
3/30/1919Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act.
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.