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Historical Event on 8/17/1909

Madanlal Dhingra, famous revolutionary, was hanged at Paintanville Jail for assassinating Wyle and Lal Kaka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1859A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur.
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
8/29/1984Indian Airlines Boeing 737 with 68 passengers and a crew of 6 hijacked in Lahore.
9/4/1888Mahatma Gandhi left for London, England to study Law.
6/15/1908Stock Exchange of Calcutta was opened of Baldeodas Daduawala and Overened.
7/22/1991New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament.
3/3/1997Indian Socialist Party headed by Arangil Sridharan merges with Lok Sakthi. It was floated by Ramakrishna Hedge.
1/18/1997Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins.
5/15/1998Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.
3/11/1992Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff, daughter of Netaji, declines to accept the 'Bharat Ratna' conferred on her father.