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Historical Event on 7/17/1893

Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/14/1940Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], rock vocalist, was born in Lucknow, India.
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
8/15/1996Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
2/18/1871Vishnubuwa Brahamchari, first missionary of Hindu religion, passed away.
9/1/1915Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer, was born.
3/1/1997Gopi Chand and P.V.V. Lakshmi retain individual titles and India takes team titles in SAARC badminton in Colombo.
9/4/1990Congress (I) opposes the Prasar Bharati Bill in the Rajya Sabha saying the party wants the bill to be sent to a select committee.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
1/26/1882Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
10/12/1967Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia also known as "Dauntless Dr. Lohia", freedom fighter, social reformer and socialist leader, died at the Willingdon Nursing Home, New Delhi. He had founded the 'Praja Socialist Party' in 195