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Historical Event on 3/17/1882
Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern Marathi language, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/19/2000 | Indian girls lifts Asian junior title in the inaugural Asian Hockey Federation cup under-18 championship in Hong Kong. |
| 9/21/1862 | Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born. |
| 9/6/1993 | CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M). |
| 7/6/2000 | Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000. |
| 5/10/1996 | PM P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Council of Ministers resign. |
| 3/16/1995 | K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget. |
| 8/10/1927 | Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras. |
| 5/20/1932 | Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc. |
| 6/23/1993 | RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%. |
| 2/25/1998 | Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia. |
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