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Historical Event on 04/17/1479
Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/11/1962 | Chinese, Indian troops clash on border, claiming 50 lives. |
| 11/29/1989 | Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India. |
| 6/6/1916 | Lord Kitchener, the premier soldier of the British Empire, passed away tragically last night as the ''Hampshire'', the cruiser on which he was traveling to Russia to boost sagging morale, struck a mine or was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands and sank, drowning all aboard. Life in London came to a standstill, while Paris and Washington were shocked by the news. In the last half-century, through tireless energy and devotion to imperial duty, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 66, commanded in Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, South Africa, and India. Two years ago, he had become the War Secretary. |
| 12/16/1999 | The second phase of national AIDS programme is launched. |
| 12/15/1999 | The CPI (M) urges the Centre to take over Dunlop India Ltd. |
| 9/26/1996 | High Court rejected Rao's petition for anticipatory bail in Pathak cheating case. |
| 6/28/1986 | Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too. |
| 10/26/1950 | Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India. |
| 2/4/1948 | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) banned. Finance Minister announces nationalisation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after Sept 30, 1948. |
| 1/23/1919 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away. |
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