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Historical Event on 6/17/1913
Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/30/1917 | Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji, great Indian, patriot and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, politician and merchant, died at the age of 92. |
| 9/16/1916 | D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. |
| 1/4/1932 | Mahatma Gandhi and other members of his All-India National Congress are back in jail again. After the collapse of the London conference, British authorities cracked down even harder on Gandhi and his followers, and the Mahatma urged Indians to increase their acts of civil disobedience. ""Wake up from sleep,"" Gandhi said as he ordered a boycott of British goods. ""Discard foreign cloth. Discard narcotics. Discard violence. Defy all orders calculated to crush the national spirit."" The government declared Gandhi's Congress an illegal organization. Under new laws, even peaceful picketing is illegal. The Congress party responded to the crackdown by recruiting more followers and striking more plants. |
| 12/17/1933 | Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut. |
| 1/6/1959 | Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982), was born in Chandigarh. |
| 8/25/1919 | Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal, former Chief Minister of Bihar and President of Mandal Commission, was born. |
| 10/25/1999 | Fixed term for Lok Sabha, Assemblies is under study, said President K R Narayanan in his address to a joint session of Parliament. |
| 9/18/1997 | President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 8/10/1994 | President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept. |
| 3/15/1983 | Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy. |
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