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Historical Event on 5/17/1957

Nehru, who went to Ceylon to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the founding of Buddhism, calls for an end to nuclear tests.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1983Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.
4/16/1991President's rule imposed in Haryana.
2/28/1835Medical College was started in Calcutta and it was officially opened on Feb 20.
5/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray, socialist stalwart, 86, passed away in Pune.
6/10/1946Gandhiji refused to enthuse over allied victory as it was not a ""victory of truth over false-hood"".
8/26/1967Dilawar Hussain, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper in the 1930's), passed away.
9/1/1934Suniti Kumar Ghosh, cricket test umpire for two tests from 1988-89, was born in Bengal.
10/21/1916Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat.
1/1/1995Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi.
4/6/1606Khusru Prince and his father Jahangir rebelled and fled from Agra.