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Historical Event on 10/17/1903
7th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/9/1669 | Aurangzeb issued a general order all the schools and temples of the infidels. |
| 9/18/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi was to fast for 21 days in despair of the recent riots between Muslims and Hindus. It was an expression of his 'unbearable hopelessnes'. ""Nothing I say or write,"" he said, ""can bring the two communities together."" Even as he spoke there were reports of further riots at Kohat, in which 20 Hindus and 11 Muslims were killed. Reservations, Gandhi speaking in Allahabad said, reserved the right to drink water with or without salt. ""It is both a penance and a prayer. As it is penance I need not have taken the public into my confidence but I publish it as, let me hope, an effective prayer to Hindus and Muslims, not to commit suicide"". |
| 6/21/1930 | Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob. |
| 1/19/1919 | Omprakash Mehra, former Indian Air Chief Marshal and former Governor of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 7/10/1977 | The Planning Commission decides to introduce Rolling Plan concept. |
| 12/15/1974 | Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died. |
| 10/29/1961 | New All India Muslim League was established. |
| 2/7/1981 | 61 die in circus fire in Bangalore. |
| 5/28/1907 | Purohit Dingambar Vinayak (Nanasaheb), leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 9/21/1945 | British promise India independence. |
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