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Historical Event on 10/17/1919

The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.

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10/1/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
10/26/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
6/15/1982Supreme Court rules that all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to public education.
2/22/1993Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay in 411 balls and smashes 23 fours.
4/2/1948Defence Minister announces the establishment of the National War Academy in Kharakvasla, Poona.