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Historical Event on 3/17/1882

Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern Marathi language, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1997Sumita Ghosh (CISF) sets a National junior women's record in the standard rifle 3 position in National shooting.
3/13/1997H. D. Deve Gowda, Prime Minister, presented the G. K. Reddy Memorial Award to Shekhar Gupta, Chief Editor of The Indian Express.
3/23/199710 Dalits killed in Kab village of Bihar by Ranbir Sena, a pro-landlord extremist organisation.
10/23/1985Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.
2/1/1930A bomb, believed to be planted by Indian nationalists, is found at the British Museum at London.
8/20/1997Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
12/10/1857Veer Narayan Singh organised a small group and had an encounter with British army. He was charged treason and sentenced to death. He was executed publicly.
2/27/1941Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India.
5/20/1991A. S. L. V. was launched.
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.