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Historical Event on 9/17/1885
Keshav Sitaram Thakrey, journalist, social reformer and historian, was born.
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| 11/7/2000 | Indrajit Bhalotia wins the Wills Southern Open golf tournament. |
| 7/13/1907 | Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born. |
| 8/16/1991 | C. Achuta Menon, former CM of Kerala, passed away. |
| 11/6/1913 | Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of Indian Passive Resistance Movement, was arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa by British troops. |
| 10/12/1976 | Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay. |
| 5/22/1772 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy, great social reformer, lawyer and politician and founder of Brahmo Samaj, was born at Radhanagar in Hooghly district, Bengal. |
| 3/30/1999 | Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam. |
| 1/5/1934 | Dr. Murli Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi. |
| 2/2/1835 | Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction. |
| 8/18/1700 | Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born. |
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