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Historical Event on 2/17/1991

Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/4/1729Kanhoji Angre, former Chief of Navy in Maratha kingdom, died.
1/18/1992Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days.
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.
10/30/1977Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country.
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
1/18/1983Indi Singh, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Vancouver, Canada.
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
8/7/1905Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
3/25/19911991 census report released; India has 844 million people.
3/22/1932Indian Muslims break with Great Britain.