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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
1/6/1999Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28.
1/31/1992LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran, declared offender in Rajiv Gandhi murder case and ordered to surrender by a Madras court.
8/1/1963Soviets offer India arms to block China.
5/4/1854The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.
3/17/1987Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.
3/17/1863Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born.
11/16/199160 percent of the 23 million voters exercise their franchise in the by-elections to 15 Lok Sahba and 56 Assembly seats in 14 states.
9/26/1996High Court rejected Rao's petition for anticipatory bail in Pathak cheating case.
9/26/1932Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans.
12/31/1941Milkha Singh Govindsingh Amritsar, cricketer (brother of Kripal Singh, Indian batsman in 4 Tests), was born in Madras.