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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
11/14/199710th International Film Festival for children and young people ambles into Hyderabad atop Gajju, the delightful elephant mascot. About 125 films from 30 countries will be screened.
11/19/1991Two national commissions on women set up.
7/25/1987Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
7/28/1994Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors.
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
12/25/1964Indian Ocean hurricane kills 4,000 in Ceylon, 3,000 in Indian province of Madras.
2/27/1854Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company.
4/15/1950Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'.
7/24/1837Kanishta, son of Samajya Laxshmi, was killed.