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Historical Event on 5/17/1865
Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born.

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5/3/1913	Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay.
8/3/1967	Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died.
5/8/1997	Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.
6/25/1931	Vishwanath Pratapsing, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
4/19/1975	First Indian Satellite ''Aryabhata'' launched. The Satellite provided technological experience in building and operating a satellite system. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos.
4/27/1986	Congress (I) expels former Union Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee from the party for 6 years.
9/10/1918	Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
11/10/1659	Chhatrapati Shivaji killed Afzal Khan near Pratapgad Fort by a clever but undignified move.
7/31/1993	K. Vijaya Rama Rao became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/96).
12/24/1902	Shashi Mukhi of Classic Theatre, Calcutta, was the first Indian to record on gramophone. This song was on 25 cms. one sided disc and the lyrics were ""Kanha Jeevan Dhan"" from the play Shri Krishna. The song was recorded by Gramophome and Typewriter Company.

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Historical Event on 5/17/1865 Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born.

Historical Event on 5/17/1865
Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born.