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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
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
7/22/1991New industrial policy for liberalisation of economies announced in Parliament.
6/27/1939Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman ""Pancham Da"", famous music director, was born.
9/18/1909Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.
11/6/1997Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
12/17/1990N. Janardhan Reddy sworn in as CM of Andhra Pradesh.
2/14/2000The Supreme Court stays the Karnataka High Court judgment quashing the State Government's Ashraya scheme for providing plots to the poor.
10/13/1971Hitesh Modi, cricketer (Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup), was born.
12/1/2000There would be a cap of 20 per cent equity for broadcasters planning to operate DTH television services, said I&B minister Sushma Swaraj.