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Historical Event on 2/17/1968
Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader, Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/23/1883 | Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat. |
| 1/31/1983 | The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah. |
| 10/10/1978 | Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'. |
| 3/1/1950 | The population figure for India is announced as 347,340,000. |
| 10/31/1876 | Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die. |
| 11/18/1978 | Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 1/30/1999 | Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament. |
| 7/1/1949 | M. Venkaiah Rangaiah Naidu was born in Chavatapalem, Distt. Nellore (Andhra Pradesh). |
| 6/2/1991 | Dinesh Goswami, former Law Minister, passed away in a road accident in Assam. |
| 8/1/1994 | The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force. |
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