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Historical Event on 2/17/1968

Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader, Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/1959Jasu Patel takes 9-69 during India vs Australia tour at Kanpur.
8/14/1993New governors for MP, Bihar, West Bengal & Tripura.
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
2/26/1858Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam).
5/13/1956Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
9/11/1958India and Pakistan announced that most border disputes between the two countries had been settled.
10/5/1991Vinayakrao Devrukhkar, famous playwright, novelist and editor of a daily newspaper 'Sandhya', died.
3/3/1952The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections.
4/7/1987In a case filed by Saira Banu of Kerela, Supreme Court held that all wives, including Muslim women, whose husbands have either married again or taken a mistress are entitled to maintenance.