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Historical Event on 8/17/1909

Madanlal Dhingra, famous revolutionary, was hanged at Paintanville Jail for assassinating Wyle and Lal Kaka.

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12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
11/2/1990Many die in firing in Ayodhya as Karsevaks storm the Ram Janma Bhumi/Babri Masjid structure. Curfew in many areas in north and west India to prevent communal violence. Several people die in violence.
12/27/1901Gandhiji moves resolution on South Africa at Congress.
6/7/1996Sq. Ldr. Sanjay Thapar of IAF becomes the first Indian to jump from a parachute and hoist the national flag at the North Pole.
2/15/1865Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born.
7/4/1989Union Deputy Ministers were promoted to the rank of Ministers of State.
8/6/1920'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
9/7/1998Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order.
1/18/2000S. S. Dawra is appointed new Director of the Enforcement Directorate.
2/6/1827Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years.
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