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Historical Event on 1/17/1771
Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/19/1975 | Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune. |
| 3/30/1908 | Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born. |
| 9/20/1856 | Narayan Guru was born in Chempazhanthi village of Kerala. Sri Narayan Guru was a social reformer, led reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom and social equality. He also stressed the need for the spiritual and social uplift of the downtrodden by their own efforts through the establishment of temples and educational institutions. In the process, he denounced the superstitions that clouded the fundamental Hindu cultural convention of caste. |
| 3/31/1977 | N. K. Mukarji was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1980. |
| 5/8/1933 | Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables. |
| 7/25/1997 | Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India. |
| 1/19/2000 | Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship. |
| 8/17/1882 | Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born. |
| 4/7/1920 | Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India. |
| 5/7/1973 | Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died. |
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