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Events for May 17

17-May-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. (17 or 20).
17-May-1498	Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India. (17 or 22).
17-May-1540	Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
17-May-1775	Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
17-May-1857	Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India.
17-May-1865	Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born.
17-May-1873	Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
17-May-1887	Ranglal Bandopadhyay, Bengali poet, essay-writer and journalist, passed away.
17-May-1897	Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born.
17-May-1916	Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.
17-May-1927	A.N. Radhakrishnan, great educationist, was born.
17-May-1949	India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.
17-May-1957	Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests.
17-May-1974	Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away.
17-May-1976	4 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak.
17-May-1980	V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs.
17-May-1991	Prabhakar Machve, great litterateur, passed away.
17-May-1992	Import of 106 life-saving drugs and 37 equipments allowed.
17-May-1992	R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
17-May-1993	Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns; Dy. CM Wilfred D'Souza elected to succeed.
17-May-1993	Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.
17-May-1994	Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM.
17-May-1995	Three North Eastern States removes restricted area permits (RAP).
17-May-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.
17-May-1996	Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), passed away.
17-May-1997	Two workers belonging to Mamsapuram near Srivilliputtur ''burnt alive'' at neighbouring Edayankulam by its residents who took them hostage.
17-May-1998	US President Bill Clinton wants India and Pakistan to sign CTBT.
17-May-1999	Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it.
17-May-2000	The Union Cabinet clears a proposal for setting up a new appellate tribunal for foreign exchange following the repeal of the FERA and the enactment of FEMA in its place.