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Historical Event on 10/17/1906
Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1947 | The new Indian Parliament appeals for non-violence. |
| 4/9/1974 | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh reach pact to exchange prisoners of 1971 war in New Delhi. |
| 8/7/1888 | Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died. |
| 6/8/1992 | Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached. |
| 9/10/1918 | Muslim riots break out in Calcutta. |
| 12/10/1886 | Rameshwari Nehru, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Lahore. |
| 12/9/1994 | Gorprasad Ghosh, famous Orriya film actor, director and producer, passed away. |
| 8/7/1990 | Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission. |
| 7/7/1962 | 94 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay. |
| 1/31/1997 | INS Vikrant, Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier, de-commissioned. |
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