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Historical Event on 10/17/1906
Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/17/1953 | Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 8/16/1965 | Indian troops cross Kashmir line, seizes two Pakistani outposts. |
| 12/15/1675 | Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him. |
| 10/5/1805 | Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 3/12/1995 | Congress party loses India national election. |
| 4/3/1912 | M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur. |
| 2/2/1814 | Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also. |
| 8/15/1990 | India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile. |
| 12/19/1994 | K. A. P. Vishwanathan, famous Tamil author, passed away. |
| 4/19/1960 | Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi. |
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