Historical Events on January 17.

1.  1601, 17th Jan: Mughal Emperor Akbar conquered Asirgarh ford.

2.  1757, 17th Jan: Germany declared war against Prussia.

3.  1773, 17th Jan: Capt. James Cook crossed the Antarctic.

4.  1912, 17th Jan: Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole.

5.  1946, 17th Jan: First meeting of the United Nations Security Council.

6.  1987, 17th Jan: Tata Football Academy opened.

7.  1989, 17th Jan: Colonel JK Bajaj became the first Indian to reach the North Pole.

8.  1995, 17th Jan: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Japan killed 5,372 people.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on January 17.

1.  1471: Krishnadevaraya, a emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire.

2.  1706: Benjamin Franklin, an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

3.  1888: Babu Gulabrai, a significant figure in modern Hindi literature.

4.  1905: D. R. Kaprekar, an Indian recreational mathematician.

5.  1917: M. G. Ramachandran, an Indian politician and film actor.

6.  1942: Muhammad Ali, an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.

7.  1945: Javed Akhtar, an Indian political activist, poet, lyricist, and screenwriter.

8.  1951: Bindu, an Indian actress.

9.  1962: Jim Carrey, a Canadian-American actor, comedian, writer, producer, author, and artist.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on January 17.

1.  1893: Rutherford Hayes, the 19th president of the United States.

2.  1930: Gauhar Jaan, an Indian singer, and dancer from Kolkata.

3.  1951: Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, a noted Indian playwright, songwriter, poet, writer, and filmmaker from Assam.

4.  1961: Patrice Lumumba, a Congolese politician and the first Prime Minister of the independent Democratic Republic of the Congo.

5.  2008: Bobby Fischer, an American chess grandmaster, and the eleventh World Chess Champion. 

6.  2010: Jyoti Basu, a former Chief Minister of the West Bengal.

7.  2014: Suchitra Sen, an Indian film actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema.

8.  2016: V Rama Rao, former Governor of Sikkim.

9.  2019: S. Balakrishnan, an Indian film score composer and music director who worked mainly in Malayalam cinema.

: 17-January-1601

Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.

17-January-1771

Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.

17-January-1833

William Rush, Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), passed away.

17-January-1888

Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born.

17-January-1889

Shri Baldev Ramji Mirdha, great social worker, leader and politician, was born in village Kuchera, district Nagaur of Rajasthan.

17-January-1905

Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number "6174". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called "self numbers" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.

17-January-1908

Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, film producer, was born.

17-January-1909

Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.

17-January-1913

Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab.

17-January-1917

Dr. Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran, (M.G.R.), Indian film star, politician and charismatic Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was born at Kandy, Sri Lanka. He was also the founder of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhaga (AIADMK).

17-January-1922

T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born.

17-January-1923

Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born.

17-January-1925

Abdul Hafeez Kardar, cricketer (Pakistan 1st Test captain, previously played for India), was born in Lahore.

17-January-1933

Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims), was born.

17-January-1941

Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.

17-January-1952

The pension work of CDA (Factories), Calcutta and the Defence civilians in ordnance factories was transferred to the office of the CDA (P), Allahabad.

17-January-1981

Central Government offers full statehood to Mizoram.

17-January-1985

Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test vs England.

17-January-1987

Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.

17-January-1989

Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.

17-January-1992

Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away.

17-January-1993

LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast.

17-January-1997

Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.

17-January-1997

Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas.

17-January-1999

Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta.