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Historical Event on 1/17/1833
William Rush, Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/23/1993 | Pre-budget Economic Survey proposes closure of sick PSE and rationalisation of tax and interests rates. |
| 6/5/1923 | Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born. |
| 6/5/1923 | Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 4/2/1870 | Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding. |
| 12/28/1688 | Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb demolishes all temples (around 1,000) in Mathura. (During their reign, Muslim rulers had destroyed roughly 60,000 Hindu temples throughout India, constructing mosques on 3,000 sites). |
| 9/5/1988 | The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill. |
| 1/6/1987 | Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust. |
| 5/11/1970 | A bill for setting up of ""North Eastern Council"" passed. |
| 10/5/1957 | Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City. |
| 4/6/1956 | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987). |
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