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Historical Event on 7/17/2000
55 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1986 | Delhi beat Haryana by innings and 141 runs to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 9/3/1983 | U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million. |
| 6/4/1997 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2D), fourth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has additional capabilities such as mobile satellite service, business communication and television outreach beyond Indian boundaries. This became inoperable due to power bus anamoly since Oct. 4, 1997. It was launched by European launch vehicle, Ariane from Kourov in French Guyana. |
| 5/22/1940 | Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970). |
| 1/19/1910 | Vinayak Damodar Karnaki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, was born. |
| 6/1/1947 | Balbhimraj Gore, litterateur and Hindi critic, was born. |
| 3/15/1946 | Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London. |
| 5/17/1857 | Bahadhur Shah II declared as the emperor of India. |
| 2/19/1861 | Rani Rashmoni, great nationalist, who compelled the British to abolish the tax imposed on fishing in the river, ingeniously blocking the trade and commerce on the part of Ganges, passed away. |
| 7/9/1951 | India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held. |
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