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Historical Event on 3/17/1909

Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra.

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6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
11/10/1991South Africa's first cricket One-day international since 1970 vs India.
7/13/1905Premnath Bazaz, famous Kashmir freedom fighter, was born.
12/22/1998Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998.
6/5/1994Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72.
4/13/1940Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born.
4/26/1990V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh.
6/16/1951Nehru opponents founded People's party at New Delhi.
1/1/1988On the Christan New Year Day, Maharashtra became the first state to launch a public campaign against smoking.
3/8/1986L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.