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Historical Event on 4/17/1975

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1987The Bofors Deal.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
9/10/1992All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
4/2/1991Haryana Governor recommends President's rule.
5/10/1910Robert Koch, nobel laureate, died of an heart attack.
6/16/1946C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government.
9/16/1954The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent.
7/14/1994Veerappan, Sandalwood smuggler, declared 'proclaimed offender'.