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Historical Event on 8/17/1909

Madanlal Dhingra, famous revolutionary, was hanged at Paintanville Jail for assassinating Wyle and Lal Kaka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
10/24/1851Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
8/10/1998Sri Bhuteshanandji Maharaj, 97, president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, died in Calcutta.
4/28/1952The war between Japan and India ended.
2/7/1990Krishan Kant became the Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 21/08/1997.
4/3/1999India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
12/10/1984Justice Thakkar Commission appointed to enquire into the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
6/25/1888Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.
5/9/1874First horse-drawn tram car started running in Mumbai.