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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
9/29/1993JD, JD(A) and SJP merge to fight BJP in the assembly elections.
10/24/1995A total eclipse of the sun witnessed from India to Vietnam.
2/18/1944Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Institute' established.
6/2/1900Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away.
2/4/1994India elected to the executive boards of UNDP, UN Population Fund and UNICEF.
11/23/1946Kailasham Tyagraj Paramshiv, famous Kannada dramatist, passed away.
2/20/1968First Edition of 'Amrit Bazar Patrika' weekly was published in Bengali language.
1/4/1909Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.
10/21/1995Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil.
12/6/199813th Asian Games inaugurated at Bangkok.