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Historical Event on 3/17/1909

Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra.

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2/2/1921Mukundrao Kirloskar was born.
12/28/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.
6/1/1938Continental Publication' started.
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8/13/1997The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it.
3/26/1969Romesh Chandra, secretary general of the World Peace Council, receives the Lenin prize