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Historical Event on 6/17/1933

The civil disobedience campaign ended.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1974Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai.
9/20/1992Vithhal Badgelwar, painter and sculptor, passed away.
1/8/1941Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, father of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, passed away.
5/15/1992CBI begins probe into the security scam.
6/4/1947Hindi daily 'Nai Duniya' started publication at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
12/4/1924Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding.
1/25/1948French India Peoples' Convention, Pondicherry, passed a resolution for complete merger of the French India with the Dominion of India. - G. V. Mavlankar was elected the first Speaker of the Indian Parliament.
3/26/1918Vanavihari B.N. Sundara Rao, great author and journalist, was born at Varthur, Bangalore.
11/7/1908N. R. Shede (Annasaheb), litterateur and editor, was born.
10/15/1931Avil Pakir Jalaluddin Abdul Kalam better known as "APJ", famous Indian scientist, was born in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He is the pioneer of India's missile programme and was awarded the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, in 1997, for his immense and valuable contribution to scientific research and modernisation of defence technol