Year 1948
The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
SEPTEMBER 17
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17 September: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 17 September.
Year 1949
Political Party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) was founded.
Year 1982
India and Ceylon played their first cricket test match.
Year 2004
Tamil was declared the first classical language in India.
Born 1709
Jagat Singh II was the Maharana of Mewar Kingdom.
Born 1879
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.
Born 1885
Prabodhankar Thackeray was an Indian social reformer who campaigned against superstitions and social evils in India such as Untouchability, Child marriage and Dowry.
Born 1915
M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (d. 2011)
Born 1930
Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist and composer (d. 2013)
Born 1932
Indarjit Singh, Indian-English journalist
Born 1935
Ramdas Pai, Chancellor of Manipal University and chairman of the Manipal Education and Medical Group.
Born 1943
T. Subbarami Reddy, Indian industrialist, politician, film producer, and philanthropist.
Born 1937
Sitakant Mahapatra, Indian poet and literary critic
Born 1940
Suvra Mukherjee was a First Lady of India serving from the year 2012 until her death.
Born 1945
Bhakti Charu Swami was a spiritual leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and a disciple of ISKCON’s founder A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Born 1950
Narendra Modi, Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India.
Born 1958
Ashok Todi, Indian industrialist heading the Kolkata-based Lux Industries group.
Born 1983
Sanaya Irani, Indian television actress.
Born 1986
Ravichandran Ashwin, Indian cricketer
Born 1986
Priya Anand, Indian film actress who appears in Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi films.
Born 1990
Nia Sharma, Indian television actress.
Died 1953
Thiruvarur Viruttachala Kalyanasundaram was a Tamil scholar, essayist and activist.
Died 1979
Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan was an Indian film actor and politician.
Died 1999
Hasrat Jaipuri was an Indian poet, who wrote in the Hindi and Urdu languages.
Died 2005
Kalamandalam Haridas was a renowned Indian Kathakali musician noted for his evocative rendition of the padams.
Died 2005
Venmani Haridas was a renowned Indian Kathakali musician noted for his evocative rendition of the padams.