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Historical Event on 6/17/1887

Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader and Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, was born.

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3/13/1997H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
1/24/1958First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.
4/1/1947Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi.
11/30/1915Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
10/6/1997Abhijit Kunte wins Asian Junior Chess title.
11/23/1999Vinod Chandra Pandey takes over as the Governor of Bihar.
11/23/1994100 killed in a stampede of Govari Samaj people during a protest march towards Nagpur Assembly.
5/28/1997Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta.
8/18/1990President R Venkataraman presented the colours to the Officers Training Academy in recognition of their services to the Nation.
6/17/1917Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.