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Historical Event on 05/17/1540
Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
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| 9/4/1962 | Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda. |
| 5/8/1930 | Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest. |
| 2/19/1670 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the great Maratha, was born. |
| 6/20/1993 | Harshad Mehta's senior counsel Ram Jethmalani asks JPC to summon the PM and allow cross-examination. |
| 8/25/1888 | Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born. |
| 9/23/1908 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 5/16/1911 | Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah. |
| 6/28/1928 | Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born. |
| 4/7/1987 | In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerela, Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either married again or taken a mistress are entitled to maintenance. |
| 11/23/1897 | Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born. |
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