17th May- What Happened Today In History?

What Happened Today In History?

Find out what happened on 17th May in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 17th May.

Famous Birthdays in History on this day:

Charmy Kaur is an Indian film actress, who has predominantly appeared in Telugu films. She acted with stars such as Nandamuri Balakrishna, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Jr. NTR, Prabhas, Siddarth, Ravi Teja, Sumanth, Nitin, Silambarasan and Dileep. She is known for her dedication to learn Telugu in short span of time.
Harshad Prakash Chopra is an Indian television actor. He was born on May 17, 1983 in Gondia, a town near Nagpur in Maharashtra, but later moved to Pune. Chopra made his debut in Zee TV’s Mamta, followed by Left Right Left and the short-lived Amber Dhara.
Pankaj Udhas is an Indian singer, credited in the Indian music industry, along with other musicians like Jagjit Singh and Talat Aziz, with bringing the Ghazal style to the realm of popular music. Udhas rose to fame for singing in the 1986 film Naam, in which his song “Chitthi Aayee Hai” became an instant hit.

Death anniversaries on 17th May:

Prakash Mehra (13 July 1939 – 17 May 2009) was a legendary Hindi film producer and director. Born on 13 July 1939 at Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India, Mehra started in the late 1950s as a production controller. In 1968, he directed Shashi Kapoor who played a double role in Haseena Maan Jayegi.
Gururaj Ananda Yogi 3 March 1932, Gujarat, India – died 17 May 1988, Cape Town, South Africa) was the founder of International Foundation of Spiritual Unfoldment and Foundation for International Spiritual Unfoldment (FISU), another meditation society, is also based on his teachings.

Notable Events:

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.
1540 Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.
1775 Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo – Maratha war.