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Historical Event on 12/17/1905

Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.
9/30/1999Saint Namdev passed away.
11/19/19829th Asian Games started in Delhi.
4/1/1912The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.
4/30/1947The entire nation is stirred by religious strife.
11/20/1942Attri Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested for further six months. She was earlier arrested for personal satyagraha and to hoist the national flag in Delhi Central Jail on January 26.
5/17/1865Raobahadur Govind Sakharam Sardesai `Riyasatkar' was born.
10/26/1943Cholera epidemic killed 2,155 people in the third week of October at Calcutta.