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Historical Event on 7/17/1947
Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1931 | Gopi Chand Narang, great educationist and Urdu scholar, was born at Dukki. |
| 2/3/1873 | Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 1/14/1926 | Mahashweta Devi was born at Jinda Bahar Lane, Dhaka. |
| 10/9/1992 | Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail. |
| 7/23/1918 | Saraswati Devi (Smt) Illindala, great Hindi writer, journalist and social worker, was born at Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 2/24/1986 | Rukmini Devi passed away. |
| 4/8/1937 | R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
| 5/17/1980 | V. S. Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for continuous 33 hrs. |
| 5/17/1980 | Babur's eldest son Humayun ascended the throne. He was, doubtless, a man of parts. |
| 3/3/1996 | Haryana govt. bans liquor vends and bars in rural areas. |
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