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Historical Event on 5/17/1997

Two workers belonging to Mamsapuram near Srivilliputtur ''burnt alive'' at neighbouring Edayankulam by its residents who took them hostage.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/8/1998Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew.
9/12/1932Vijaya Shriniwas Jahagirdas, famous Marathi story writer and poet, was born.
2/6/1998V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
5/13/1998India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.
8/20/1997Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
3/29/1995Harindra Dave, chief editor of Janmabhumi Group and Gujrati author, passed away.
12/6/1946Homeguard Organination was established.
3/28/1991IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore.
4/27/1857Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of India's first Cinema Hall - 'Elphinstone Palace' at Calcutta, Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, was born.