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Historical Event on 10/17/1940
Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1929 | Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay. |
| 7/3/1985 | Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/July/1988. |
| 11/1/1949 | Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India. |
| 9/7/1887 | Mahamahopadhyaya Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj, editor and master, was born at Dhamrai in Dhaka now in Bangladesh. |
| 8/13/1960 | Marmik' weekly magzine published. |
| 12/4/1977 | Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born. |
| 2/3/1994 | Akash' missile launched successfully. |
| 3/7/1956 | A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India. |
| 9/22/1931 | Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London. |
| 8/27/2000 | Mika Hakkinen wins the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in SPA-Francorchamps at Belgium. |
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