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Historical Event on 8/17/1916

Amritlal Naagar was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1930Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000.
4/25/2000The Supreme Court clears the decks for continuing the trial against AIADMK leader Jayalalitha in the controversial ''TANSI land deal case'' by ''erasing'' the Madras High Court judgment discharging her from the case.
11/22/1915Mohandas Gandhi returns to India.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
9/10/1923Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away.
9/21/1996Rao resigns Congress Party President post.
5/18/1933Gandhiji commences at noon 21 days' fast for self-purification; released unconditionally at 9 p.m.
12/26/1831Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away.
4/6/1919Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rollatt Act .This was the first strike.
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.