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Historical Event on 04/17/1479
Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/8/1915 | Geeta Rahasya', written by Lokmanya Tilak, published. |
| 6/26/1997 | India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention. |
| 6/4/1902 | Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928), was born. |
| 7/20/1898 | Krishna Kanta Handique, great linguist, educationist, principal of J.B. College and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Jorhat. |
| 2/8/1993 | India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi. |
| 12/19/1995 | Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal. |
| 9/18/1967 | English was adopted the official language of Nagaland . |
| 7/28/1924 | Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south. |
| 9/25/1985 | Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections. |
| 6/7/1974 | Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999. |
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