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Historical Event on 7/17/1893

Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1745Thorle Madhavrao, fourth Peshwa in Maratha kingdom, was born.
11/29/1991Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath vs Australia at Gabba.
1/20/2000J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year.
7/10/1978'Mahatma Phule Backward Class Development Corporation' (Mahatma Phule Magaswarg Vikas Mahamandal) was established.
7/10/1978Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
8/9/1942The Congress at its Bombay session passed the famous Quit India resolution, calling for mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, under the leadership of Gandhiji. He stressed that ""We shall either free India or die in the attempt; We shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery""; popularly known as ""Do or Die"". But before the Congress could start the movement, the government arrested all the major leaders and the Congress was declared illegal. Spontaneous popular revolts broke out with the battle cry of 'British Quit India'.
5/22/1927Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mo. Usman, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
8/10/1982Memorial of 201 martyrs from Maharashtra inaugurated.
3/22/1969The first public sector petrochemical organisation was inaugurated.
3/24/1995Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.