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Historical Event on 4/17/1946

Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
8/27/1990The Cabinet Committee on political affairs decides to put a proposal before the Parliament providing five to ten per cent of Central Government jobs reserved for economically weaker sections.
8/27/1990Muhammad of Bin Quasim (Kasim), Arabs, attacked on Sindh and captured it. Muhammad defeated and killed King Dahir, Hindu king, at Rawar.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
4/16/1930Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, was arrested by British police.
6/30/1799Krishnaraj Bodiyar was once again declared as the King of Mysore.
6/4/1987A Swedish Government enquiry finds that Bofors paid commission to middlemen for concluding Arms Purchase Agreement with India.
9/18/1990Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died.
7/27/1941Japanese forces land in Indo-China.