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Historical Event on 4/17/1675
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/17/1830 | Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died. |
| 8/29/1995 | National Sports Day declared. |
| 12/17/1974 | Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur. |
| 9/20/1989 | IPKF suspends its operations against LTTE in Sri Lanka. LTTE, in turn, ceases all operations against the Indian armed forces. |
| 4/8/1923 | Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week. |
| 7/22/1993 | Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India. |
| 11/21/1969 | Bhilai Steel Plant creates a new world record in steel-making by producing 'one heat' in four hours three minutes. |
| 3/23/1931 | Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution). |
| 6/28/1928 | Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born. |
| 7/20/1903 | British to increase size of Royal Army in India. |
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