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Historical Event on 10/17/1919
The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/25/1999 | Former Indian Davis Cup captain Narendra Nath died in Delhi. |
| 2/20/1847 | Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established. |
| 3/23/1931 | Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution). |
| 9/25/2000 | A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985. |
| 12/29/1972 | Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced. |
| 12/20/1998 | Dr. B. V. Raman (86), a reputed astrologer, dies in Bangalore following a cardiac arrest. He was the Editor of The Astrological Magazine. |
| 2/16/1993 | Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy. |
| 1/9/1919 | Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born. |
| 12/22/1871 | Lord Edward Allanbaro, governor general of India (1842-1844), died. |
| 8/15/1918 | Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born. |
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