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Historical Event on 8/17/1932

V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1954Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism.
10/21/2000Seema Antil becomes the first Indian ever to win a global title by bagging a gold medal in disc throw in the World Junior Athletic championship in Santiago.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
7/31/18619,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam becomes a world record.
10/21/1996Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.
8/9/1995India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement.
7/11/1630Rezabeebeth Sookeas Begum passed away.
12/31/1900Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.