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Historical Event on 8/17/1909
Madanlal Dhingra, famous revolutionary, was hanged at Paintanville Jail for assassinating Wyle and Lal Kaka.
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| 8/16/1901 | Shripad Ramchandra Tikekar, journalist and critic, was born. |
| 3/3/1943 | Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days. |
| 7/16/1996 | Narasimha Rao moves Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the summons issued against him by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case. |
| 5/29/1915 | Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P. |
| 1/20/1988 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, better known as Sarhadi Gandhi or Frointier Gandhi, passed away. |
| 11/20/1969 | Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur. |
| 7/22/1959 | Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government. |
| 4/16/1976 | The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth. |
| 12/3/1882 | Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal. |
| 9/2/1996 | Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva. |
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