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Historical Event on 6/17/1917

Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1900Kalicharan Patnaik, famous Orria dramatist, poet and journalist, was born.
10/17/1999Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.
10/12/1907Durgaprasad Mandelia, famous merchant and industrialist, was born.
4/15/1962S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.
7/13/1974India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.
9/26/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position.
9/17/1948The Nizam of Hyderabad, in a broadcast, announced ceasefire to his troops and accession into Indian Union, which was settled earlier to the announcement.
9/14/1919Nyalchand Shah, bowled 64-33-97-3 in the Test between India vs Pakistan, was born at Dhragandhara in Gujarat.
9/14/1919Vallabhacharya, founder of 'Pushthimarg Panth', was born.
5/9/1981Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.