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Historical Event on 04/17/1479
Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
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| 9/7/1998 | Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order. |
| 9/18/1925 | Pranlal Harkisandas Vora, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 8/3/1991 | About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India. |
| 10/28/1928 | M.G.K. Menon, Physics expert, was born. |
| 3/31/1959 | Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India. |
| 5/1/1983 | Amravati University established. |
| 5/19/1993 | S. W. Sohoni, 4 Tests for India, 83 runs @ 16.6, 2 wkts @ 101, passed away. |
| 3/10/1969 | Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union. |
| 1/26/1995 | Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured. |
| 12/26/1978 | Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption. |
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