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Historical Event on 5/17/1996

Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1999The CWC expels Sharad Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma and Tariq Anwar for six years from the primary membership of the party.
6/15/1948Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, passed away.
4/17/1977Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
11/16/1990Allahabad High Court stays UP Government's decision to increase reservation quota for Backward Classes.
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
9/30/1996Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Sri Lankan social scientist, received the Gandhi Peace Prize 1996.
11/18/1727Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India.
2/6/1915Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP.
2/6/1915Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat.
2/26/1901The notes of Rs twenty denomination were issued with two issuing circles. These notes had four numeric denominations.