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Historical Event on 10/17/1919
The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1957 | New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in. |
| 1/17/1997 | Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs. |
| 10/28/1977 | Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died. |
| 2/16/1997 | Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura. |
| 9/27/1873 | Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, nationalist leader, politician and President of the Central Assembly, was born at Karmasad, Gujarat. |
| 1/1/1999 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"". |
| 11/13/1992 | Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 3/28/1645 | Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 8/26/1927 | Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta. |
| 12/8/1980 | Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi. |
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