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Historical Event on 10/17/1998
Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/6/1955 | Vinayak Maharaj Masurkar, great Samarth Saint, died. |
| 12/1/1970 | T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972 |
| 8/19/1907 | Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born. |
| 6/11/1901 | Pramathanath Bishi, professor and Hindi writer, was born. |
| 7/28/1921 | Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India. |
| 1/2/1990 | Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft. |
| 1/16/1954 | Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous artist, sculptor, filmmaker and producer, died. |
| 9/6/1990 | Prasar Bharti' bill passed in Parliament. |
| 7/20/1969 | M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India. |
| 7/18/1946 | U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth. |
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