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Historical Event on 11/17/1953
Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/6/1934 | Nilkanth Yashwant Khadilkar, editor of Marathi daily newspaper, was born. |
| 1/8/1987 | P. G. Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), passed away. |
| 11/19/1838 | Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj. |
| 8/10/1755 | Narayanrao Peshwa was born. |
| 9/27/1856 | Pratap Narayan Mishra, Hindi writer, was born. He is one of the pioneers of mordern Hindi language. |
| 4/8/1985 | India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster. |
| 1/10/1922 | Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public. |
| 11/13/1780 | Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ""Lion of Punjab"", was born. |
| 4/27/1606 | Jahangir arrested Khusroo. |
| 7/21/1977 | Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away. |
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