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Historical Event on 1/17/1909

Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1998Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.
9/5/1612East India Company's Navy eastablished.
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.
12/1/1960Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/07/1964.
3/22/1991President withholds assent to the pension bill of Members of Parliament.
2/3/2000Dr. Bimal Jalan, RBI Governor, unveils a seven-point agenda for banking sector reforms.
1/7/1859The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29.
6/23/1997Acharya Tulsi, the founder of Terapanthi sector in Jainism, died. (20-10-98).
11/29/1644The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.
6/22/1995India and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sign MOU enabling them to visit suspected militants and persons in detention centres only under humanitarian consideration.