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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
9/7/1997Banned Maoist Communist Centre guns down at least 30 CPI (M) liberation activists, including district committee members and workers, at Ankendar village, 40 km from the district headquarters of Chatra in Bihar.
5/24/2000The Supreme Court rejects the proposal for setting up benches outside Delhi.
9/1/1956Pakistani troops infiltrated the Line of Control in Kashmir.
3/12/1992Centenary celebrations held at Kasturba Hospital for Infections diseases. (CIVIC).
10/21/1959Chinese and Indian troops clash on Ladakh border.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
1/8/1965Star of India', world's largest sapphire, returned to American Museum of Natural History.
10/28/1888Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment.
2/18/1945Kal Yug' era passed away.