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Historical Event on 12/17/1974

Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur.

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4/1/1855Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published.
2/18/1931Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
4/24/1996BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high.
12/22/1995A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia.
10/9/1931Air Force was established.
1/26/199647th Republic Day celebrated;Chief Guest was Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil.
10/1/1998Anxiety in stock market after UTI's US-64 scheme is reported to have paid dividend, eating out of its capital.
8/29/1947Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar became the President of Constitution Council.
1/29/1976Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi.