17th Oct’20 – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 17th of October in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occur 17th of October

Milkha Singh (birthdate uncertain, between 1929-1935), also known as The Flying Sikh, is an Indian former track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army. He was the only Indian athlete to win an individual athletics gold medal at a Commonwealth Games.

Keerthy Suresh (born 17 October 1992) is an Indian film actress who appears predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for portraying actress Savitri in the biopic Mahanati (2018).

Sanjay Kapoor (born 17 October 1965) is an Indian film actor and producer. He is known for starring in the Bollywood hit film Raja as Raja and Anant Mathur on Dil Sambhal Jaa Zara that aired on Star Plus.Sir Syed Ahmad Taqvi bin Syed Muhammad Muttaqi KCSI (17 October 1817 – 27 March 1898), commonly known as Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, was a Muslim pragmatist, Islamic reformist, philosopher of nineteenth century British India.

Smita Patil (17 October 1955 – 13 December 1986) was an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Regarded among the finest stage and film actresses of her times, Patil appeared in over 80 Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam and Kannada films in a career that spanned just over a decade.

Notable Moments:

1903 7th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary.

1906 Swami Ramtirtha, great social reformer and poet, died at the age of 33.

1940 Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.

1979 Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1994 Kapil Dev’s last one-day international vs West Indies.

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