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Historical Event on 6/17/1996
Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died.

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2/10/1943	Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3.
1/23/1978	The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
8/16/1946	Hindus and Muslims riot in Calcutta. 90 people lost their lives and other 900 were hurt. The Muslim League observed a ""Direct Action Day"" and announced its withdrawal of support from all plans.
9/30/1687	Aurangzeb acquired the famous Golconda fort near Hyderabad from the Qutub Shahi Sultan Tana Shah due to the treachery of his General Panni.
2/1/1988	The first Congress of the Indian Dental Association begins. (28-1-88).
1/26/1876	Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta.
11/11/1888	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter, was born in Mecca. He was an outspoken champion of rationalism and progressiveness in all spheres of Indian life.
1/14/1843	Fakir Mohan Senapati, great writer and nationalist, was born.
3/6/1997	Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius.
3/20/2000	Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State.

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Historical Event on 6/17/1996 Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died.

Historical Event on 6/17/1996
Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died.