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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
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
1/8/1999Farah Khan made it a double, adding the National ladies snooker title in Delhi.
6/30/1979R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
1/23/1954Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad declares that the State of Kashmir is a part of India.
6/17/1991Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away.
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
11/9/1924Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born.
4/20/1989Launching of IRBM `Agni' fails.