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Historical Event on 5/17/1996

Four members (Sange Sherpa, Hira Ram, Tashi Ram, Nadre Sherpa) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition climb Mount Everest from the Chinese side.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/29/1935Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born.
10/15/1686Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era.
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
10/12/1999Sachidanand Sakshi, former BJP MP, joined SP.
1/5/1955Kumari Mamata Promileswar Banerjee was born in Calcutta (West Bengal).
6/15/1993PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status.
1/5/1982C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar), famous music director, died.
2/11/1979Cellular Jail, which is situated at Andaman Nikobar Islands, was declared as a National Memorial.
4/1/1978India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced.
11/11/1923Shamasunder Gururaj Mudgal, great educationist, was born at Bijapur, Bagalkot.