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Historical Event on 8/17/1848
Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.

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8/1/1920	Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindu leader, died at Bombay.
8/9/1999	India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title.
5/13/1956	Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
4/30/1992	Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
3/22/1977	Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India.
11/8/1968	Jansattak Party established.
3/2/1990	DMK Front to form government in Pondicherry and Congress (I) in Maharashtra.
12/30/1974	Opening of the fifth Indian Film Festival. It was presided over by Satyajit Ray at New Delhi.
9/27/1999	Harshad Mehta and three others are convicted for misappropriating surplus funds of the Maruti Udyog Ltd.
2/24/1957	General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.

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Historical Event on 8/17/1848 Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.

Historical Event on 8/17/1848
Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.