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Historical Event on 4/17/1975

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/1997Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta.
11/30/1988Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
2/11/1861Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay was born in Khanyan village of Bengal.
4/5/1993The Left and Democratic Front earns two third majority at the Tripura Assembly elections.
12/30/1803East India Comapny captured Dehli, Agra and Bharooch.
7/11/1994Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service.
5/4/1799Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam.
5/22/1997At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
1/10/1987Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh.
2/19/1995National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established.