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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 |
| 5/1/1927 | Dr. Namwar Singh was born. |
| 2/1/1910 | Jahangir Mohammed Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36), was born in Jallundar. |
| 6/18/1917 | Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born. |
| 12/9/1658 | Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India. |
| 5/13/1905 | Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi. |
| 12/20/1929 | The Indian State Air Service, an extension of Imperial Airways' routes, opens its inaugural service from Karachi to Delhi. |
| 3/4/1924 | Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' wrote the song 'Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara'. |
| 9/10/1996 | Central Ethical Committee of ICMR on Human Research, constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice (Retired) M.N. Venkatachaliah, held its first meeting. Several sub committees were constituted to address specific topics viz. Epidemiological Research, Clinical Evaluation of Products to be Used on Humans, Organ Transplantation; Human Genetics, etc. |
| 11/3/1933 | Amartya Kumar Sen, economist, was born at Santiniketan (Bangal). |
| 1/6/1987 | Jaidev, famous music director, passed away. |
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