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Historical Event on 5/17/1976

4 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1982Bombay High Court finds allegations against Chief Minister A. R. Antulay justified. Antulay resigns.
1/29/1781First Newspaper, J.A.Hickey's Bengal Gazette - January 29, 1781.
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
3/31/1992The new five-year Export-Import policy relaxes restrictions.
11/9/1999Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)
4/11/1999Chetan Baboor and Poulomi Ghatak won the men's and women's titles resp. in the India Cup table tennis in Mumbai.
6/19/1947Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay.
6/4/1997Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service.
3/20/1904Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi.