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Historical Event on 1/17/1909

Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1998Justice M. M. Punchhi is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
11/5/1990Janata Dal splits. The breakaway group claims support of 58 M.P.'s to elect Mr. Chandrashekhar as leader. V.P. Singh's government loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.
1/15/1965Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras.
3/1/1905Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
2/6/1931Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, revolutionary, founder of 'Swaraj Party', political leader and barrister, passed away at Lucknow.
3/1/1997Gopi Chand and P.V.V. Lakshmi retain individual titles and India takes team titles in SAARC badminton in Colombo.
12/29/1959Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated.
11/18/1999Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.