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Historical Event on 11/17/1935

Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1912Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84.
7/17/1974J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
7/23/1923Navinchandra Chimanlal Pandya, great educationist, was born at Prantij, Ahmedabad.
1/5/1957Adintrim Sales Tax Act was introduced and the Central Sales Tax Act of 1956 came into force.
10/3/1996Second phase of UP polling.
9/18/1932A Hindu delegation is given permission to interview Gandhi, currently held in prison and undertaking a hunger strike. On arrival, they also find he has taken a vow of silence.
1/1/1978Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.
9/30/1916Jagan Nath Bhardwaj, social worker and trade unionist, was born at Chartgarh, H.P.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.
7/16/1959Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died.