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Historical Event on 10/17/1998
Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/23/1967 | Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away. |
| 10/2/1975 | Kumaraswami Kamaraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, died in Madras. |
| 4/14/1992 | The 79th Plenary session of the Indian National Congress opens in Tirupati. |
| 1/31/1996 | Asia's first Sports University inaugurated in Pune. |
| 5/5/1818 | Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany. |
| 2/9/1917 | Homi Talyarkhan, great politician, was born. |
| 12/24/1924 | Mohammed Rafi, famous playback singer, was born. |
| 1/7/1858 | The hearing of the case began that was filed against the last Mughal Emperor Bahadhur Shah II for taking part in the first armed revolution against the British. |
| 9/29/1964 | 1,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst. |
| 11/30/1896 | Gandhiji sails for South Africa with wife and children. |
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