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Historical Event on 4/17/1946

Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1910Motilal, famous film actor, was born.
11/5/1945Case was filed against the Azad Hind Army Soldiers at Red Fort in Delhi.
12/12/1961Portuguese civilians are evacuated amid fears of an Indian troop invasion at Goa, Daman and Diu.
12/26/1978Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption.
9/2/1976Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, famous marathi story writer, novelist and Gyanpeeth Awardee, passed away.
4/23/1795East India Company gave Warren Hastings a grant of the money and he was honourably acquitted of the charges.
3/17/1987Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.
2/15/1997Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union in New Delhi.
5/19/1969Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless.
5/13/1918Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born.