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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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4/8/1937R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born.
7/21/1975Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.
4/26/1946V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter.
6/18/1896Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936), was born in Madras.
9/18/1972Government of India announces increase of minimum bonus to workers from 4\% to 8.33\%.
4/2/1953Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist and writer, passed away.
3/28/1963First meeting of the National Aeronautical Laboratory Executive Council held under the chairmanship of J R D Tata.
1/12/1949Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions.
3/16/1977Sixth General Election of India begins.
3/3/1978Shaliwahan Shaka Hindu Calender started.