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Historical Event on 1/17/1909
Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/25/1997 | India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned after three overs owing to a bad state of the pitch, which was a rare occurance. |
| 10/13/1679 | More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm. |
| 1/8/1999 | Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi. |
| 11/10/1698 | East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time. |
| 4/2/1987 | Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards. |
| 3/8/2000 | The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities. |
| 12/26/1925 | Krishna G. Ginde, great musician and singer, was born. |
| 4/29/1947 | Abolition of ""untouchability"". |
| 12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
| 3/9/1990 | Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died. |
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