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Historical Event on 10/17/1970
Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg spinner since 1990), was born in Bangalore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/22/1978 | Indira Gandhi charged with criminal misconduct during 1977 campaign. |
| 4/19/1994 | Rajindersing Sparo, first awardee of `Mahavir Chakra' and former Chief Minister of Punjab Major General, passed away. |
| 12/11/1998 | Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) died at 1850 hrs today. |
| 3/29/1849 | Maharaj Dulip Singh left the throne of Punjab that once belonged to his late father Ranjit Singh and was then occupied by the East India Company. The Britishers had captured it after defeating the Sikh Army at Amritsar. |
| 6/7/1998 | India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars. |
| 2/1/1901 | Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded. |
| 5/1/1947 | Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle. |
| 6/12/1997 | Jain hawala case dropped against former ministers Kamal Nath, B.D. Dhakne, Chand Ram and Bhuta Singh. |
| 1/17/1985 | Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test vs England. |
| 10/5/1991 | Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years. |
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