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Historical Event on 10/17/1859
Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born.
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| 12/12/2000 | A special court for CBI cases rejects Hinduja brothers' plea and summons them to appear on January 19, 2001. |
| 1/15/1996 | Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996. |
| 7/27/1992 | Amjad Khan, famous film actor, died. |
| 3/21/1957 | India's national calender came into force. |
| 9/14/1953 | Andhra Pradesh was established. Hyderabad became the capital instead of Karnul. |
| 12/27/1797 | Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra. |
| 7/16/1993 | Russia cancels cryogenic rocket deal with India. |
| 1/24/1966 | Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India. She continued in this office till March 24, 1977, after winning the General Elections. She became the only second woman in modern history to head a government. |
| 4/4/1889 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer, Hindi litterateur and President of All India, was born in Babai village, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 12/14/1924 | Ranbir Raj Kapoor, famous film producer, director and actor, was born. |
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