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Historical Event on 4/17/1997
Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/11/1999 | Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis. |
| 1/22/1899 | Dilipkumar Roy, classical musician, was born. |
| 2/23/1843 | Narendranath Sen, famous journalist, was born. |
| 5/27/1968 | Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously. |
| 10/21/1954 | Government of India and France sign an agreement for the de-facto transfer of the French settlement of Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe to the Indian Union. The merger took place on November 1. |
| 10/18/1992 | 1,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away. |
| 6/25/1908 | Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born. |
| 9/9/1872 | Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born. |
| 12/27/1992 | Dhananjay Bhattacharya, famous Bengali singer, died. |
| 9/1/1921 | Madhav Krishnaji Mantri, right-hand batsman and wicket-keeper, was born at Nasik, Maharashtra. He was the Indian team selector from 1964 to 1968 and was also the team manager in 1990. |
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