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Historical Event on 05/17/1498
Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.
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| 11/7/1996 | Cyclonic storm hits Andhra Pradesh. |
| 10/12/1967 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia also known as "Dauntless Dr. Lohia", freedom fighter, social reformer and socialist leader, died at the Willingdon Nursing Home, New Delhi. He had founded the 'Praja Socialist Party' in 195 |
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| 12/16/1951 | Salarjung Museum opened in Hyderabad. |
| 1/17/1941 | Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days. |
| 4/1/1990 | Gold Control Act was withdrawn. |
| 4/8/1759 | British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India. |
| 10/2/1929 | Mahatma Gandhi made the Navjivan publication a charitable trust |
| 8/19/1927 | Ananta Narsinha Naik, social reformer and politician, was born at Bandora, Goa. |
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