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Historical Event on 4/17/1926
Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/11/1930 | Ganesh Narayan R, great Industrialist, was born. |
| 8/15/1994 | At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag. |
| 2/17/1994 | Chimanbhai Patel, chief minister of Gujrat, passed away at the age of 65 years. |
| 6/20/1916 | Sreemati Nathibai Damodher Thackersey (SNDT) Indian Women' s University, first women's and the fifth Indian University, was established in Pune by D.K. Karve. |
| 6/20/1997 | Basu Bhattacharya (65), film-maker, died in Mumbai. |
| 6/20/1997 | Allauddin Masood Shah, Sultan of Dehli, was thrown off the throne. |
| 5/9/1997 | At least 71 persons were killed and nine injured when a truck carrying a marriage party plunges into gorge near Gasota in Hamerpur district of Himachal Pradesh. |
| 5/15/1958 | Gift Tax Act was introduced. |
| 7/2/1972 | Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. |
| 8/9/1965 | Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori). |
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