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Historical Event on 4/17/1990
Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, famous Director of Raja Kelkar Museum, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/1/1990 | General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff. |
| 12/24/1998 | A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces increased cash awards for Asian Games medallists. |
| 1/8/1994 | Kamkothi Parmacharya Shri Chandrashekhar Saraswati, 68th Shankaracharya of Kanchi maat and Indian Saint, passed away at the the of 99. |
| 7/4/1900 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, was born. |
| 10/18/2000 | Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, announces relief for phone users. New links to cost Rs. 2,000 in urban areas and Rs. 500 in rural areas. |
| 6/9/1659 | Dara Shikoh was handed over to Aurangzeb's army by Jiwan Khan, a Baluchi whose life was saved by Dara. |
| 7/8/1958 | Lord Canning declared that since peace was established, it is better known as end of Indian Mutiny, 1857. |
| 11/27/2000 | After three decades, English was again made compulsory in Gujarat schools from Standard V from the next academic year. |
| 4/18/1914 | Cottari Subbanna Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), was born in Nagpur. |
| 4/26/1993 | Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers. |
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