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Historical Event on 12/17/1978

Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1979President N. Sanjiva Reddy declares the opening of the first International Trade Fair of India.
4/1/1985Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture was established during the 7th Plan period. The Institute started functioning independently since April 1987. The Headquarters of the Institute are located in Chennai with field and farm facilities at Muttukadu and three Research Centres at Kakdwip(West Bengal), Puri(Orissa) and Narakkal (Kerala).
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
12/28/1977Sumitranandan Pant, famous Hindi poet and literaeur, died.
6/17/2000Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi.
7/5/2000Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.
11/21/1969Bhilai Steel Plant creates a new world record in steel-making by producing 'one heat' in four hours three minutes.
10/28/2000The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985.
12/22/1986India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.