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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 |
| 6/7/1998 | India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars. |
| 12/28/1883 | Under the leadership of Surendra Nath Banerji, the political group of Bengal organised National Conference as ""Bharat Sabha"". |
| 2/19/2000 | 18 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai. |
| 8/28/1879 | Battle at Ulundi, Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz. |
| 8/22/1915 | Shambhu Mishra, Bengali actor, director and playwright, was born. |
| 4/7/1938 | Kashiram Chhabildas Rana was born in Surat (Gujarat). |
| 11/1/1996 | K.L. Chugh and J.N. Sapru, former chairmen of ITC, remanded to custody in connection with FERA violation case. |
| 12/13/1772 | Narayan Rao became the Peshwa at Satara. |
| 5/31/1973 | Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi. |
| 2/14/1959 | Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth. |
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