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Historical Event on 5/17/1957

Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/14/1636Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan.
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
3/11/1993Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns to Jammu & Kashmir as Governor.
10/4/1993PM surveys the quake-hit villages and sanctioned Rs. 50 crore.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
5/26/1945Vilasrao Dagdojirao Deshmukh, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
10/11/1968Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj passed away. (Samadhee)
7/2/1997Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India.
12/23/1900Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.
2/10/1946Gandhiji revives 'Harijan' and allied group of weekly journals.