17th December - A Day in the life of India

Learn about the importance of 17th December in the history of India, Major historical events on this day, Famous Birthdays on this day and death anniversaries of December 17.

17th December in the history of India

1928 – Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
1927 – Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.

Famous Birthdays on 17th December

• 1978 – Riteish Deshmukh, Indian film actor, producer and architect
• 1914 – Mushtaq Ali, was an Indian cricketer, a right-handed opening batsman who holds the distinction of scoring the first overseas Test century by an Indian player when he scored 112 against England at Old Trafford in 1936.
• 1910 – Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American educator and author (d. 1999)
• 1905 – Mohammad Hidayatullah, 11th Chief Justice of India, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (d. 1992)

Death Anniversaries on December 17

• 2019 - Dr Shriram Lagoo, a veteran actor worked mostly in Marathi and Hindi Cinema.
• 1927 – Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)