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Historical Event on 11/17/1935

Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1990Several people died and many injured as security forces opened fire at a crowd marching towards Ram Janmabhumi/Babari Masjid to perform 'karseva'.
9/16/1955Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.
3/19/1935British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23.
3/28/1978Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born.
4/9/1695Waman Pandit, famous pandit poet, took samadhee at Bhogav.
7/21/1984Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab.
6/13/2000Major General Manuel Saavedra of Uruguay appointed Chief Military observer of the U.N. Mission monitoring the LoC in Kashmir.
2/21/1997Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai.
3/19/1911Santosh Kumar Ganguly, cricket test empire and 10 test 1955-65, was born in Bengal. He also played Hockey and Football. He is the aurthor of ""Manual of Cricket Umpires"" and ""Technique of Umpiring Hockey"".
4/24/1942Shri Dinanath Mangeshkar, famous Marathi singer, nationalist, musician and actor, passed away at the age of 41.