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Historical Event on 10/17/1940

Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/17/1940Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi.
7/19/1974Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London.
11/27/1993Splendid bowling by Anil Kumble (6 for 12) helps India to beat West Indies by 102 runs in the Hero Cup finals in Calcutta.
9/14/1971Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, died.
7/3/1956Pandit Nehru and New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Sidney Holland are given the freedom of the City at London.
4/2/1994Ravi Naik sworn in CM.
3/10/1969Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.
3/10/1969Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
2/25/1995Bomb attack on a train in Assam; 27 soldiers killed.
7/13/1997A mob, allegedly of Shiv Sainiks, attacks and ransacks official residences of Congress leaders Chagan Bhujbal and Madhukar Pichad (Assembly).