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Historical Event on 10/17/1998
Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/2/1959 | Indira Gandhi was elected the president of the ruling Congress Executive Party. Thereby Congress spilt,and leftist formed Swantantra Party. |
| 6/22/1948 | Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles. |
| 5/5/1932 | Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away. |
| 8/18/1911 | Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born. |
| 10/30/1883 | Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer. |
| 9/14/1919 | Nyalchand Shah, bowled 64-33-97-3 in the Test between India vs Pakistan, was born at Dhragandhara in Gujarat. |
| 1/14/1905 | Durga Khote, Marathi stage artist and actress, was born. |
| 3/14/1963 | Jainarain Vyas, freedom fighter, leader, social reformer, patriot and a noble son of India, passed away. |
| 6/8/1992 | Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached. |
| 6/22/1920 | Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), was born in Sangor, Vidarbha. |
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