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Historical Event on 10/17/1859
Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/17/1948 | Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service. |
| 12/15/1957 | 60 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi. |
| 9/28/1991 | Shankar Guha Niyogi, an active trade union leader of Madhya Pradesh, was shot dead by unknown assailants. |
| 4/18/1971 | Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first. |
| 11/18/1960 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away. |
| 6/12/1960 | 783 Sikhs are arrested while demonstrating for an independent Sikh state in New Delhi. |
| 12/5/1959 | K. S. Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), passed away. |
| 5/20/1878 | Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated. |
| 12/26/1997 | Four MPs - Mr. Suresh Kalmadi from Pune, Mr. Anadi Charan Sahu from Cuttack, Mr. Mohan Delkar from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Mr. Gopal Tandel from Daman & Diu- resign from Congress(I). |
| 7/1/1879 | Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department. |
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