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Historical Event on 7/17/1976

Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1945Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established.
10/16/1945Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah (1526-30), prince and founder of Mughal dynasty in India, was born.
5/13/1998India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.
5/13/1998Vasco De Gama departed with his fleet from Lisbon Harbour for a trip to India .
12/1/1990Vijayalaxmi Pandit, first Indian Lady Ambassador and Politician, passed away at the age of 90 years.
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
4/20/1965First Indian team led by M. S. Kohli ascends the Everest.
2/18/1836Swami Ramakrishna Paramahansa(1836-86), was born early morning in Kamarpukur village in Hooghly district, West Bengal. His real name was Gadadhar Chatterji. He was God-intoxicated Bengali Shakta saint, Guru of Swami Vivekananda. He exemplified the bhakti dimension of 'Shakta Universalism'.
7/31/1980Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.