Today In History: What Happened On August 17th?

★Indonesia Independence Day, ★National Massachusetts Day, ★Gabon Independence Day, ★1817: Death of Vasireddy Venkatadri Naidu, ruler of the Amaravati estate, ★1866: Birth of Mahbub Ali Khan, the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad state, ★1949: Birth of Telugu lyricist Bhuvana Chandra, ★1963: Birth of star director S. Shankar, and ★1993: Birth of actress Nidhhi Agerwal.