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Historical Event on 10/17/1859
Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/7/1950 | Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons. |
| 5/19/1979 | Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away. |
| 11/15/1991 | Import curbs on capital goods relaxed. |
| 7/27/1889 | Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji. |
| 9/6/1905 | Satyacharan Chaterjee, great Indian Geologist, was born. |
| 9/6/1905 | Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born. |
| 12/31/1961 | 99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie). |
| 2/18/1975 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), passed away. |
| 7/21/1911 | Umashankar Jethalal Joshi, famous Gujarati poet, Hindi writer and educationist, was born at Bamna in Gujarat. |
| 1/27/1974 | President V. V. Giri inaugurated the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Museum and it was opened for public at Teen Murti House, New Delhi. |
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