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Historical Event on 9/17/1864

Anagrik Dharmapal, religious reformer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1910Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged.
8/10/1948Atomic Energy Commission established.
11/2/1972ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
4/1/1979Central Institute of Fisheries Education came under the Administrative Control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
12/3/1884Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar.
7/22/1925Govind Talwalkar, famous journalist and editor, was born.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.
1/23/1996Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.