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Historical Event on 1/17/1923
Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born.
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| 2/27/1996 | Suresh Kalmadi, Minister of State for Railways, presents vote-on-account railway budget; 1995-96 Economic Survey shows 6.3\% growth in GDP; 20\% interim relief for newspaper employees announced by govt. |
| 10/27/1969 | Darshansingh Pheruman died in Amritsar during the 74th day of his fast, which he had undertaken for the merger of Chandigarh in Punjab. |
| 7/3/1987 | The Festival of India in the USSR, to be inaugurated, is the largest cultural manifestation to be held by our country. |
| 2/13/1993 | School collapses killing 21 pupils and 4 teachers. |
| 4/26/1926 | Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943). |
| 10/3/1977 | Indira Gandhi arrested on charges of official corruption in New Delhi. |
| 3/31/1904 | British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans. |
| 8/18/1923 | Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/4/1990 | V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue. |
| 8/26/1967 | Dilawar Hussain, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper in the 1930's), passed away. |
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