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Historical Event on 3/17/1863

Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/10/1943Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged.
9/10/1943Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city.
1/17/1922T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born.
6/10/1987Jeevan, famous Hindi film actor, died.
2/18/1998C. Subramaniam, former Maharashtra Governor, is awarded Bharat Ratna.
12/10/1999Dara Singh, the prime accused in the killing of Australian missionary, again gives a slip to police.
7/31/1916Mohanlal Sukhadia, chief minister of Rajasthan and freedom fighter, was born at Jhalawar.
6/7/1955Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.
5/30/196269 killed in a bus crash near Ahmedabad.
4/7/1997Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan finalise preparations for a new trade bloc called 'Growth Quadrangle'.