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Historical Event on 7/17/1937

Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
1/31/1998D. R. Karthikeyan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/03/98).
9/2/1946Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, passed away.
3/12/1992Centenary celebrations held at Kasturba Hospital for Infections diseases. (CIVIC).
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
8/4/1933Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
5/20/1992Jayalalitha sacks R. M. Veerappan from her cabinet in Tamil Nadu.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".