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Historical Event on 3/17/1909
Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/5/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June. |
| 10/2/1906 | Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour. |
| 4/24/1996 | SC holds that bank managers acting beyond their authority in allowing overdrafts and passing cheques would be amounted to committing misconduct. |
| 5/8/1990 | A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property. |
| 7/19/1974 | Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London. |
| 4/8/1993 | CBI extensively raided VHP offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan Saren Singh among five arrested. |
| 4/16/1958 | Raghuram Adwai Bhat, great Indian left-arm spinner 1983-84, was born at Mangalore. |
| 3/21/1997 | Jockey Vasant Shinde retires. |
| 6/29/1993 | 24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur. |
| 4/23/1913 | Dhananjay Vithal Keer, famous biogropher, was born. |
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