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Historical Event on 7/17/1937

Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1894Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born.
4/4/1999India routed China 5-0 in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group I second round play-off in Calcutta.
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
4/24/199824 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra.
4/16/1930Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police.
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.
12/10/1990The communal disturbances between Hindus and Muslims in Hyderabad claim more than 100 lives, and violence spreads to Aligarh and Kanpur also.
12/14/1998The Government introduces the controversial Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
5/11/1626Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar's Nijamshahi kingdom, passed away.