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Historical Event on 1/17/1908

Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, film producer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1966Sardar Sikandar Hayat, President of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, resigns.
5/1/1998India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.
2/10/1921Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
8/29/1998Prasar Bharti ordinance promulgated.
1/5/1659Aurangzeb defeated Shah Shuja in the battle of Khawan near Allahabad.
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
11/2/1972B. D. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1977
1/18/1842Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
1/8/1872Hemchandra Goswami, ancient Asamia literature expert, historian, editor and poet, was born.