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Historical Event on 2/17/1986
Jiddu Krishnamurti, famous Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), passed away at the age of 90 yrs at Ojai, California, USA.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/5/1992 | Achyutrao Patwardhan, leader of 'Quit India Movement', died at Varanasi at the age of 86. |
| 1/31/1931 | Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born. |
| 4/1/1962 | Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government. |
| 1/6/1997 | Sumita Ghosh (CISF) sets a National junior women's record in the standard rifle 3 position in National shooting. |
| 7/4/2000 | Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''. |
| 7/17/1930 | Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison. |
| 7/28/1909 | Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras. |
| 7/16/1914 | N. E. Balram, communist leader, died. |
| 4/2/1953 | Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away. |
| 7/15/1948 | Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union). |
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