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Historical Event on 10/17/1906

Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/1997Michel Camdessus, Managing Director, IMF, congratulates India on its pursuit of steady and higher economic growth.
6/8/2000Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).
10/17/1998Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
11/30/1896Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children.
3/25/1905Mirza Rasid Ali Baig, famous Indian politician, was born.
1/21/1956Strikes and demonstrations held in Bihar and Orissa in protest of the government's intention to revise state boundaries.
11/19/199722 persons killed and 30 injured when car bomb explodes outside film studio in Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad. The deceased include Eanadu TV crew of six people.
9/7/1995Mohammed Yousef Jameel, BBC stringer and special correspondent of The Asian Age, died in a parcel bomb explosion in Srinagar.
9/29/1992Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes put India into the World round of 16 nations in the Davis Cup tennis by defeating Britain (4-1)
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.