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Historical Event on 1/17/1888

Babu Gulab Rai, famous Hindi essy writer, critic and historian, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/30/1988Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
7/10/1992P.Chidambaram,Union Minister, resigns owning responsibility for investing in 'Fairgrowth'.
4/16/1853The first Railway Train on Indian sub-continent ran over a streach of 21 miles i.e. 35 kms from Bombay to Thane. In the inauguration ceremony, 14 railway carriages carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder (presently C.S.T.) at 3.30 pm, amidst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the salute of 21 guns.
6/3/1916Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established.
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
9/1/1909Father Kamil Bulke was born. He produced a handy English to Hindi dictionary. He did his Ph.D. on 'Ramcharita Manas' and was Head of Hindi Department in Patna University.
3/18/1972First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi.
8/22/1919Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born.
4/2/1954Nehru calls for a halt to the build up of nuclear weapons.
12/13/1955India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel.