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Historical Event on 4/17/1946
Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/28/1996 | BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997. |
| 4/16/1966 | Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away. |
| 8/17/1994 | Opposition ends Parliament boycott. |
| 9/27/1925 | Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh was established. |
| 7/30/1987 | India says it will revive the 'Agni' IRBM programe. |
| 12/16/1999 | Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin). |
| 11/14/1967 | Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born. |
| 7/9/1875 | The Bombay Stock Exchange, the first in India, was constructed under the shade of a large banyan tree. |
| 12/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case. |
| 5/4/1957 | Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away. |
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