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Historical Event on 10/17/1906
Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/17/1906 | Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33. |
| 1/18/1959 | Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good. |
| 12/19/1917 | Ashoknath Banerjee, Governor of Karnataka, was born. |
| 5/20/1992 | V. Prabhakaran, LTTE supremo, heads the list of 41 accused in the SIT chargesheet. |
| 4/21/1992 | RBI eases credit policy, lending rates reduced from 6 to 4; 13\% interest ceiling on deposits. |
| 12/4/1661 | Murad Baksh was executed on the charge of murdering Diwan Ali Nagi. |
| 12/4/1829 | Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) |
| 1/1/1918 | Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission. |
| 3/1/1979 | Jairamdas Doulatram, great national leader, freedom fighter and journalist, passed away at Delhi. He played a vital role to recognised Sindhi as one of the national laguages of India. |
| 3/9/1997 | Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali. |
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