To begin with, Mallika Sherawat will sing:
Which was inspired by this:
Meanwhile, here are some other things which happened on September 17:
1908: The first ever fatal plane crash, though Orville Wright survived
1939: The USSR invades Poland, after Germany had occupied most of it
1940: Hitler decides to postpone the invasion of Britain
1948: The Nizam of Hyderabad decides to join the Indian Union
1954: “Lord of the Flies” is published
1978: The Camp David accords are signed
1983: Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America
2011: The “Occupy Wall Street” movement starts
Some people born on September 17:
1859: Billy the Kid
1879: Periyar EV Ramaswamy
1915: MF Hussain
1930: Lalgudi Jayaraman
1950: Narendra Modi
1986: R Ashwin (cricketer)
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