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Historical Event on 1/17/1923

Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1989General Election ( 9th) of India begins for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 5 states.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
10/16/1878Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet and writer, was born at Chennara village in Kerala.
5/12/1995India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form.
2/8/1999Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.
6/10/1997Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich.
2/17/1994Bihar leader Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and Mizoram's Dr. C. Silvera inducted into Union Cabinet.
10/19/1875The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic.
5/13/1994Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding award for 1992.
2/10/1982K. R. Meher-Homji, cricket wicket keeper (one Test, one catch, no stumps), passed away.