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Historical Event on 6/17/1917

Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
10/23/1973Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died.
1/7/1928Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), was born at Amritsar.
4/16/1959Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.
5/9/1995Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.
12/29/1949Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer), was born in Madras.
10/21/1954Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1.
10/12/1993The first operational sortie in Somalia was undertaken with the Brigade Commander and his Deputy on board to recede the area of responsibility in and around Baidoa which was to be the bridage's permanent location.
5/13/1995Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992.