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Historical Event on 4/17/1996
Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/14/1952 | Smt. Sushma Kaushal Swaraj was born in Ambala Cantt. (Haryana). |
| 5/31/1998 | India rejects mediation on issues with Pakistan, reiterates its commitment to address outstanding issues bilaterally. |
| 12/20/1850 | Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born. |
| 1/9/1889 | Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"". |
| 2/27/1803 | Great fire in Bombay. |
| 1/31/1941 | Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat of the Bombay Sappers showed an act of unparalleled bravery and inspiring leadership when commanding a detachment of 21 Field company of the Bombay Sappers on the road to Gondar, in Abyssinia. Hence, The Victoria Cross (VC) was bestowed upon him and he became the first Indian Commissioned Officer receipeant of The Victoria Cross (VC). |
| 3/7/1911 | Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born. |
| 5/27/1948 | The trial of nine men accused of assassination of Gandhi before a special court judge at the Red Fort. The trial ended on 30th Dec. |
| 8/6/1920 | Star Films Ltd., Bombay, was founded by Ardeshir M. lrani and Bhogilal K. M. Dave. |
| 6/6/1903 | A full length theatre plays like 'Bankimchandrer Sitararn', 'Alibaba' , 'Bhramar', 'Hariraj' , 'Sarla' and 'Buddhadeb' were released at Classic Theatre. These plays were picturised by Hiralal Sen with support of great dramatist Amar Nath Dutt. The main roles were performed by Amar Dutt, N.C. Basu and Kusum Kumari and rest of the characters belonged to the Classic Theatre of Calcutta. They received a great applause from the audience. |
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