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Historical Event on 12/17/1978

Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
9/4/1990An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities.
2/13/1998India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support.
7/12/1996Ram Vilas Paswan presents railway budget 96-97 with 10\% hike in freight and upper class journeys.
3/11/1784Tipu Sultan and Britishers signed the treaty at Mangalore which is known as the Mangalore treaty.
9/24/1992Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.
5/10/1857India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.
8/15/1950Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
12/16/1990Dr. M. Channa Reddy resigned as Andhra Pradesh CM.