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Historical Event on 8/17/1911
Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/18/1858 | Bharatratna Dhondo Keshav Karve, great educationalist and social reformer, was born. |
| 12/11/1976 | Aliyawar Jung, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
| 1/26/1997 | Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana. |
| 9/15/1953 | S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly. |
| 11/9/1948 | Administration of Mayurbhanj State taken over by the Government of India. |
| 3/30/1919 | Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act. |
| 11/18/1925 | Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born. |
| 2/7/1990 | Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997. |
| 3/6/1962 | Ambika Chakrovorty, great revolutionary and warrior, passed away. |
| 5/17/1916 | Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore. |
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