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Historical Event on 7/17/1937

Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1909Gandhiji wrote to Tolstoy regarding Passive Resistance movement.
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7/9/1755E Braddock, British General, was mortally wounded during French & Indian War.
11/5/1999Malcom Marshall, legendary West Indian fast bowler, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after battling colon cancer for over six months.
12/31/1943Ben Kingsley Scarborough, English actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice), was born.
9/27/1977Sanjiva Reddy was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Government revokes the external emergency promulgated on December 3, 1971.
1/5/1992Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st cricket Test wkt.
7/3/1936Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling during Cambridge U vs MCC match.
3/29/1914Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.