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Historical Event on 10/17/1859

Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
7/8/1996Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996).
3/31/1994Argentina President Carlos Menem visits India.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
9/20/1942Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge.
6/6/1867Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot.
7/3/1661Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II.
9/3/1999Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil.
12/12/1965Vijayanta, first India-made millitary tank which was handed over to the Army, was manufactured at Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory at Madras.
12/23/1913Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died.