Carolina Indian Community - CarolinaIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

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
8/17/1934Murasoli Shanmuga Sundram Maran was born in Thirukkuvalai village in Thiruvarur (Tamil Nadu).
11/25/1866Allahabad court was established for Uttar Pradesh territory, it sat in Agra with five Judges between 1866 and 1868. It also has a bench in Lucknow.
5/5/1994Revolt against Nar Bahadur Bhandari government in Sikkim, Sanchaman Limboo elected new leader.
2/6/1994Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait.
2/1/1931Gandhi chiefs order campaign of civil disobedience to continue.
11/7/1998The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma.
4/20/1992U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away.
1/24/1870Muddan, famous Kannad poet and novelist, was born.
4/9/1994C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.