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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 |
| 8/17/1998 | National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages. |
| 11/8/1661 | Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months. |
| 8/9/1942 | Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore. |
| 2/24/1936 | Laxmibai Tilak, famous marathi poet, passed away. |
| 9/20/1944 | Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi. |
| 4/18/1959 | Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India. |
| 7/9/1969 | India accepted 'Royal Bengal Tiger' as its National Animal, as recommended by the Indian Wild life Board. This Tiger is also known as the majestic tiger - panthere tigris (Linnaeus). |
| 8/5/1969 | Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer (consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996-), was born in Bangalore. |
| 8/16/1886 | Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa dies at the age of 50. His real name was Gadadhar Ghatterji. An Indian mystic, leader and saint, he preached unity of religions. Swami Vivekanand was his disciple. |
| 6/24/1763 | Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King. |
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