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Historical Event on 9/17/1879

E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, prominent leader of Dravid movement and social reformer, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.

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5/10/1992Dr. D.S.Tyagi, Chairman of the Agricultural Costs and Prices Commission, was shot dead by suspected Sikh terrorists in Delhi.
10/10/1998Justice Dr. Adarsh Sein Anand was appointed as the Chief Justice of India.
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10/21/1999B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
11/3/1929Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born.
12/1/1963Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union.