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Historical Event on 10/17/1915

Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1962Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).
1/10/1998Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.
9/1/1928Arun Kumar Seal, educationist, was born at Vishnupur.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
7/17/1893Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
12/5/1933Balendu Shantilal Jain, famous hindi writer, was born at Kunchord, M.P.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
1/4/1937R. Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s), was born in Meerut.
8/6/1996SC asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to I.T. department.
2/25/1999The curtains came down on the fifth National Games. Manipur won the overall championship while swimmers Nisha Millet of Karnataka and Sebastian Xavier of Kerala were adjudged the best sportswoman and sportsman respectively.