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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
6/13/1757Clive marched to Murshidabad against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah along with the force comprising of 1800 British and 2000 Indian soldiers with eight canons.
10/16/1999A woman is elected as the Speaker of the Sikkim Assembly.
12/27/1992Dhananjay Bhattacharya, famous Bengali singer, died.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
7/3/1997Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
12/29/1983Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
1/22/1967Atomic Energy Center was renamed after Homi Jahangir Bhabha as 'Bhabha Atomic Research Centre' at Trombay, Mumbai.