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Historical Event on 3/17/1910

Smt. Anutai Wagh, great social worker, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/9/1898Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
11/7/1975Indian Supreme Court validates election of Indira Gandhi at New Delhi.
11/11/1998V. M. Devaraj (78), DMK leader and former MLA, passed away after a brief illness. He represented Vellore in 1980, 1984 and 1989. He was a close associate of the DMK founder, C. N. Annadurai.
7/31/1902Keshav Shankar Pillai, great writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Kayamkulam in Kerala.
12/10/1979Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize.
5/22/1961Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
5/12/1995India refused to sign NPT in its present discriminatory form.
1/10/1998Geet Sethi retains National billiards title in Calcutta.
10/16/1952Pakistan's first Test vs India starts at Delhi.
7/18/1993Jayalalitha goes on fast on Cauvery issue.