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Historical Event on 6/17/1913
Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/2/1997 | Screening for Hepatitis C made mandatory all over India. |
| 4/26/1841 | Bombay Gazette begins publishing on silk. |
| 3/14/1997 | Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away. |
| 9/24/1936 | It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity. |
| 10/13/1991 | Shatrughan Sinha, film star, decides to contest New Delhi Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket against Rajesh Khanna, the Congress nominee. |
| 1/25/1989 | Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh. |
| 1/14/1641 | United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed. |
| 2/25/1970 | Mannathu Padmanabhan, great social worker and president of the Tranvancore Devasworn Board, passed away. |
| 5/15/1998 | The Indian Army at Chandilora (Tangmey) captured 15 kg charas, 400 gm dust of charas and 12 kg leaves of charas. |
| 10/2/1906 | Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour. |
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