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Historical Event on 2/17/1907

Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1999Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
9/9/1991Gold ornaments pledged by the Goans to the Portugese bank returned to owners.
8/27/1978Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland.
5/26/2000In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India.
9/17/1924Popati Ramchand Hiranandani, famous Hindi writer, was born at Hyderabad in Sind.
6/17/1947Burma was adopted as republic by constitution assembly.
4/18/2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, constitutes a Group of Ministers to review the national security system in its entirety in the light of the recommendations of the Kargil review committee.
1/6/1996CBI identifies two key figures - Satyanarayana Gauda and Daya Manikam Anand - in Purulia arms drop case.
9/7/1947Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.