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Historical Event on 10/17/1915

Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/29/1983Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
12/20/1959Jasu Patel takes 9-69 during India vs Australia tour at Kanpur.
12/20/1959Guru Ramdasji died. His son Arjun Dev succeeded him and changed the offerings to the Guru into a regular tax.
8/4/1914Gandhiji reaches London and raised Indian Volunteer Corps.
9/11/1906Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.
12/31/1923Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
4/6/1998India resumes export of marine products to the European Union; 25 units have been approved by the Export Inspection Council for exporting to EU countries.
8/20/1909Urmila Devi Shastri, freedom fighter, was born at Srinagar.
5/2/1930Riots break out in Amritsar.
3/29/1952India enters into a war with Japan.