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Historical Event on 3/17/1910

Smt. Anutai Wagh, great social worker, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/18/1980Second Experimental launch of Space Launch Vehicle -3 (SLV-3) by Indian made 35 kilogram Rohini satellite (RS-1) successfully placed in orbit. It was used for measuring in-flight performance of second experimental launch of SLV-3. The launch took from Sriharikota and India became the sixth nation to put a satellite into orbit.
4/14/1995India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
10/29/1851British Indian Association was established in Bengal with Radha Kanta Dev as president and Devendranath Tagore as the Secretary.
10/3/1997Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'.
4/22/1994Sushil, great Jain Muni Acharya, passed away.
10/14/1885Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P.
8/29/1956India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid.
5/4/1980Coal Mine Worker's Day established.
6/5/1961Ramesh Krishnan, Indian tennis star, was born. He was also the winner of Junior Wimbledon 1979.
6/6/1990GOI decides to extend validity of passports to 10 years.