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Historical Event on 11/17/1991
Sharad Pawar wins in Baramati.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
| 6/24/1974 | India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins. |
| 11/25/1975 | Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away. |
| 3/26/1942 | Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi. |
| 10/1/1967 | Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established. |
| 12/14/2000 | The Government declares the 10-day old postal strike illegal as per the provisions of the Industrial Dispute Act. |
| 2/6/1955 | 55 miners die in explosion in Bihar State. |
| 12/11/1872 | Rajkhova Benudhar, modern Assamese poet, was born. |
| 10/24/1975 | Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance |
| 10/17/1919 | The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad. |
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