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Historical Event on 6/17/1917

Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/26/1891Rajendralal Mitra (Raja), famous Bengali ancient researcher, passed away.
1/18/1959Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.
9/24/1995Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University.
8/27/1998India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar has an audience with the legendary Sir Don Bradman at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide.
11/7/1975Indian Supreme Court validates election of Indira Gandhi at New Delhi.
5/23/1914The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London.
2/13/1945Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
1/7/1900Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP.
2/14/1952Smt. Sushma Kaushal Swaraj was born in Ambala Cantt. (Haryana).