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Historical Event on 10/17/1919
The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/28/1962 | US pledges to rush arms to India. |
| 6/1/1998 | Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget. |
| 3/20/1993 | Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai. |
| 3/25/1927 | Leslie Claudius, India field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born. |
| 10/2/1996 | Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen. |
| 1/12/1946 | De-monetisation of currency notes of the value of Rs. 500 and above. |
| 8/20/1996 | India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's, England. |
| 10/21/1999 | B. R. Chopra, filmmaker, gets the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. |
| 10/2/1971 | Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation. |
| 7/5/1882 | Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), classical singer and Muslim mystic, was born. He was instrumental in bringing Sufism to the music. |
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