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17 January in history

0 events, 1 births and 2 deaths on 17 January.

Born on this day

1917 M. G. RamachandranFilm actor, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1917 – 1987)

Died on this day

2010 Jyoti BasuIndian politician (1914-2010)

2014 Mohammed Burhanuddin52nd Dai al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra

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