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Historical Event on 1/17/1923

Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
12/23/1944U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India), was born.
5/25/1954Maharshee Rajratna 'Manikrao' (Gajanan Yashwant Manik), physical expert, passed away.
3/10/1993The 12-day-old caretaker ministry in Tripura led by Samir Ranjan Burman resigns.
9/30/1943Ramanand Chattopadhyay, famous author and journalist, died.
2/19/1992The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.
3/24/1968The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station.
2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
2/10/1949Pune University' established.
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.