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Historical Event on 4/17/1923
Lindsay Anderson, director (Thursday's Children), was born in Bangalore, India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/9/1991 | India holds the last decennial census of the century. |
| 2/21/1959 | Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi. |
| 10/12/1993 | National Environment Council with PM as chairperson set up. |
| 5/16/1996 | Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt. |
| 12/20/1993 | India and Council of European Union sign a co-operation agreement in Brussels. |
| 2/25/1910 | Dalai Lama, Tibeten monk, flees from Chinese troops and takes refuge in India. |
| 8/29/1974 | Lokdal Party established under the presidency of Chaudhary Charansingh. |
| 7/9/1996 | A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial. |
| 7/13/1913 | Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar . |
| 7/28/1924 | Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south. |
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