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Historical Event on 10/17/1940

Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/17/1873Hindi daily 'Bharat Mitra' started from Calcutta.
7/18/1695Joannes Camphuys, Governal General of Dutch-Indies, died at the age of 61.
5/18/1972Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established.
2/13/1970Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48 people at a village 80-km from New Delhi.
11/14/1969Jawaharlal Nehru University inaugurated in New Delhi.
10/23/1919Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, takes over as Former Secretary from Tory leader Arthur Balfour in London
2/23/1946Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns.
7/6/1998Salman Khursheed is appointed the new UPCC(I) chief. While Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy is the new TNCC(I) chief, Sat Mahajan has been appointed HPCC(I) president.
3/21/1939Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow.
11/6/1962National Defence Council established.