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Historical Event on 10/17/1940

Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
7/5/1995Tarapur nuclear station controls the leakage and soil contamination within the natural background radiation levels.
12/19/1927Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association.
1/20/1897Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.
5/11/1995In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.
10/17/1999Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
11/22/1899Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Tentuliguma village, Koraput district.
8/15/1965Television starts in New Delhi.
2/10/1902Hemraj, politician, was born at Dera Gopipur, (H.P.).