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Historical Event on 2/17/1918
S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1641 | United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed. |
| 3/23/1968 | Atul Satish Wassan, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1989-90), was born in Delhi. |
| 1/21/1882 | Vaman Malhar Joshi, Marathi novelist, was born. |
| 11/24/1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbour. |
| 1/14/1991 | Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away. |
| 10/28/1928 | M.G.K. Menon, Physics expert, was born. |
| 10/28/1928 | Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak's birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi. Althought the correct birth date has been established as Vaisakh 1 (April 14), it will continue to be celebrated on Katik Poornamashi until such time as it is changed to Vaisakh 1. (Most Sikhs in the present day consider themselves members of a separate religion.). |
| 9/6/2000 | Telecom workers launch a nation-wide strike in protest against inadequate safeguards prior to the corporatisation of the department from October 1. |
| 6/23/1984 | An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid. |
| 7/18/1908 | Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay. |
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