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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
4/14/1995India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
10/13/1999No change in portfolios of Advani, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and Fernandes.
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
2/9/1917Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born.
4/15/2000Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game.
9/1/1965Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir.
1/17/1941Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.
9/4/19676.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.
12/25/1964Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras.