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Persons born on October 17
1817 - Syed Ahmed Khan, founder of Aligarh Muslim University, is born in Delhi.
1877 - Sister Euprasia, Indian Christian female saint.
1892 - R. K. Shanmukham Chetty - Politician and the first Finance Minister of Independent India.
1923 - Famous writer / novelist Shivani is born.
1927 - Khwaja Shamsuddin Azimi is a Pakistani scholar of international renown in the field of spiritualism.
1931 - SC Jamir - Former Chief Minister of Nagaland.
1936 - Dudhnath Singh, famous Hindi writer.
1955 - Smita Patil - Famous Indian actress of Hindi films.
1970 - Anil Kumble, former leg-spinner and captain of the Indian cricket team, is born in Bangalore (now Bengaluru), the capital of Karnataka. He took 619 Test and 337 ODI wickets in his career.
Died October 17
1906 - Swami Ramtirtha - was a Hindu religious leader, known for teaching practical Vedanta in a highly personal and poetic manner.
1983 - French sociologist Raymond Aaron dies.
2019 - Cuban ballet dancer Alicia Alonso dies.
Important occasions and celebrations of October 17
- Mr. S. C. Jamir's birthday.
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
- World Trauma Day.
- All India Khilafat Day 1919 (Memorial Day).
Important events of October 17
1797 - Treaty of Campo Formio ends the First Coalition War.
1801 - A coup is held in the Batavian Republic.
1806 - Former Haitian Revolutionary leader and Emperor Jacques I of Haiti is assassinated after his repressive rule.
1870 - The port of Calcutta is brought under the management of a constitutional body.
1878 - John A. MacDonald is re-elected Prime Minister of Canada after five years in opposition.
1888 - Scientist Thomas Alva Edison applies for a patent for an optical phonograph.
1904 - Bank of Italy opens to the public.
1912 - Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
1917 - Britain launches first air strikes on Germany in World War I.
1918 - Yugoslavia declares itself a republic.
1919 - All India Khilafat Day.
1920 - Communist Party of India is founded in Tashkent.
1933 - The great scientist Albert Einstein leaves Germany and takes refuge in the United States.
1940 - Mahatma Gandhi announces private satyagraha.
1941 - For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacks an American ship.
1956 - The first major nuclear power station opens in England.
1973 - Arab oil exporters ban companies selling oil to Israel, as well as the United States and Britain.
1977 - Canada begins continuous live TV broadcast of Parliament.
1979 - Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
2000 - West Asia peace talks conclude, with both sides agreeing on three sources for Bill Clinton.
2003 - China succeeds in sending humans into space as the first country in Asia and the third after Russia.
2003 - British author DBC Pierre's first novel, Vernacular God Little, is awarded the prestigious Booker Prize.
2003 - Jaish-e-Mohammed leader arrested in Pakistan.
2003 - Three men convicted of plotting to assassinate Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf are sentenced to 10 years in prison.
2004 - New Zealand Prime Minister Clarke arrives in India.
2004 - Revealing of inhumane torture of detainees by US troops at Guantanamo Bay.
2007 - Irish author Anne Enright is awarded the Booker Prize for her novel The Gathering.
2008 - The Monopoly and Restricted Trade Commission orders an investigation into the alliance between private airlines, Kingfisher and Jet Airways.
2009 - The Maldives, located in the Indian Ocean, convenes the world's first underwater cabinet meeting to warn all nations of the dangers of global warming.
2019 - Policy Commission releases India Innovation Index for the first time. Karnataka tops the list, followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
2020 - Seven people are killed and about 32 injured in a horrific road accident in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh.
2020 - Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. SK Saini begins a four-day visit to the United States today to discuss further enhancing military cooperation between India and the United States.
2020 - India's Comptroller General of Medicine authorizes human testing of Russia's covid vaccine Sputnik-5.
2020 - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labor Party wins a historic election.
2020 - Pakistan fast bowler Omar Gul announces his retirement from all forms of cricket after the conclusion of the National T20 Cup.
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