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Historical Event on 11/17/1935

Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1921Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.
7/29/1999Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001.
5/23/1965Venkat Woorkeri Raman, cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder), was born.
1/1/1989This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Young Reader"".
7/10/1984White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government.
11/16/1990Allahabad High Court stays UP Government's decision to increase reservation quota for Backward Classes.
10/16/1994IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit.
7/23/1898Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born.
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.