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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 10/17/1817 |
Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of modern India, was born in Delhi. |
| 10/17/1859 |
Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born. |
| 10/17/1903 |
7th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary. |
| 10/17/1906 |
Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33. |
| 10/17/1915 |
Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur. |
| 10/17/1919 |
The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad. |
| 10/17/1920 |
Bhartiya Communist Party was formed at Tashkent with seven members including M.N. Roy, Birendra Chattopadhyay and Abani Mukherji. |
| 10/17/1932 |
Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, was captured by the British army. |
| 10/17/1940 |
Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it. |
| 10/17/1949 |
The Constituent Assembly of India adopted Article 370 of the Constitution making special provisions for J&K. |
| 10/17/1970 |
Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore. |
| 10/17/1979 |
Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 10/17/1979 |
Supreme Court stays the execution of all death sentences. |
| 10/17/1990 |
S. Bangarappa sworn in as CM of Karnataka following revocation of President's rule. |
| 10/17/1994 |
Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies. |
| 10/17/1994 |
Seshan's controversial biography ''DMK'' obtains stay. |
| 10/17/1995 |
BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP. |
| 10/17/1996 |
President's rule reimposed in U.P. |
| 10/17/1997 |
Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab. |
| 10/17/1997 |
SEBI asks investors to adopt paperless trading through depository. |
| 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. |
| 10/17/1999 |
Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok. |
| 10/17/1999 |
Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla. |
| 10/17/1999 |
Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | Paramveer Chakra, Mahaveer Chakra, Veer Chakra instituted as 'Awards for Gallantry'. |
| 3/12/1997 | aspal Rana equals world mark in standard pistol 25m (ISU) event in South Asian shooting in Delhi. |
| 2/27/1996 | In the Jain hawala case, non bailable warrants of arrest issued against 10 politicians including BJP leader L.K. Advani, former Dy. PM Devi Lal and former Union Ministers. |
| 5/3/1998 | Kushabhau Thakre takes over as the new BJP President. |
| 2/6/1992 | The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry. |
| 7/23/1856 | Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader and who helped lay the foundation for India's independence, was born at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. |
| 3/4/1990 | V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue. |
| 5/22/1936 | Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay. |
| 9/21/1898 | Tushar Kanti Ghosh, famous journalist, was born. |
| 6/8/1906 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder. |
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