Personality or Event of the day RAJENDRA LAHIRI
December 17 - Death Anniversary A Great Indian Revolutionary Was involved in Dakshineshwar Bomb and Kakori Conspiracy Cases Was Hanged to Death on Dec 17, 1927
Personality or Event of the day MOHAMMAD HIDAYATULLAH
December 17 - Birth Anniversary 11th Chief Justice of India and the Sixth Vice-President of India Acting President of India from July 20, 1969 to August 24, 1969
Personality or Event of the day P.C. MAHALANAOBIS
December 17, 1931 He Founded Indian Statistical Institute at Calcutta Padma Vibhushan an Indian scientist and applied statistician
Personality or Event of the day SHAHID BHAGAT SINGH
December 17, 1928 One of the most Influential Revolutionaries of the Indian Independence Movement  A member of the great martyr triad of the twentieth century He along with Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinated British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police
Personality or Event of the day SHAHID SUKHDEV THAPAR
December 17, 1928 A Great Martyr Son of India A member of the great martyr triad of the twentieth century   He along with Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru assassinated British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police
Personality or Event of the day SHAHID SHIVARAM HARI RAJGURU
December 17, 1928 A Great Martyr Son of India A member of the great martyr triad of the twentieth century He along with Sukhdev Thapar and Bhagat Singh assassinated British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police