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Historical Event on 5/17/1857
Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
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| 1/7/1685 | Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company, was born. |
| 6/2/1900 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away. |
| 11/30/1896 | Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children. |
| 9/24/1777 | Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born. |
| 11/18/1997 | Puttaveeramma of Ishwatha Ashrama Vidyaranyapuram, Vishveshwara Nagar, Mysore, conferred with the 'Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 1997' for lifelong exemplary service to poor destitute women, in particular deaf and dumb girl children. |
| 1/16/1901 | Mahadeo Govind Ranade, eminent social worker and thinker, passed away. |
| 2/5/1922 | Amar Nath Sehgal, sculptor, was born at Campbellpur (W. Pakistan). His important works are ""Voice of Africa (Ghana-1958)"", A Cricketer (1961) and Mahatma Gandhi, Amritsar, To space Unknown (bronze, Moscow-1963)"", etc. |
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