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Historical Event on 6/17/1933

The civil disobedience campaign ended.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
12/22/1986India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur.
8/13/1960Marmik' weekly magzine published.
9/30/1687Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.
6/18/1997Prakash Padukone launches IBC.
12/17/1978Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died.
1/29/1931Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu.
10/17/1919The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
3/20/1926For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby's Calcutta Cup in London.