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Historical Event on 12/17/1914

Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore.

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5/13/1905Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi.
11/10/1968Tukdoji Maharaj, modern social reformer, saint and poet, died in his ashram at Mozri in district Amravati.
12/3/1971India recognises Bangladesh. Indian army marches into Bangladesh and joins hands with Mukti Bahini. Pakistani Army in Bangladesh surrenders to the Indian Commander.
1/15/1971Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away.
6/30/1934Chintamani Nagesh Ramachandra Rao, famous Scientist and Chemist, was born. His research work confines to ""Solid State Chemistry"". In 1982 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
11/10/1938Mustafa Kemal Ataturk passed away at Istanbul.
11/9/1877Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan).
4/13/1999D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
7/10/1997Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley.