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Historical Event on 3/17/1909
Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/8/1915 | Geeta Rahasya', written by Lokmanya Tilak, published. |
| 8/22/1919 | Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born. |
| 3/25/1998 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar present the interim budgets for 1998- 99. |
| 3/11/1948 | SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam. |
| 12/4/1910 | Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India (1987-92), was born. |
| 4/5/1908 | Babu Jagjivan Ram, valiant freedom fighter, was born in Chandwa village in Bhojpur, Bihar. He held many prominent ministerial portfolios such as Communications Minister (1952-56), Railway Minister (1956-62), Food and Agriculture Minister (1967-70) and Defence Minister (1970-74). After 1977, he became the Deputy Prime Minister (Defence) in Janta regime. Thereafter, he established Congress (J). His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record. This day is commemorated as ""Samta Diwas"". |
| 12/25/1969 | India all out for 163 at Madras vs Australia, Ashley Mallett takes 5-91. |
| 5/20/1957 | Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, social reformer, leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, passed away at Hyderabad. |
| 7/1/1999 | K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow. |
| 3/19/1936 | Raghav Kaneria, great artist and decorator, was born. |
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