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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
7/5/2000Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.
12/28/1981Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.
5/10/1910Robert Koch, nobel laureate, died of an heart attack.
4/6/2000The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel.
1/25/1856Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians.
11/14/1996Competition Post Card', a new category of postcard, priced Rs. 2 introduced.
5/17/1993Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
2/9/1946Demonstrations were held against the trial of the INA men. The ratings and a few units of the Royal Indian Navy rise in open Mutiny in Mumbai harbours.
1/15/1993PM asks for judicial probe into Bombay riots, sanctions Rs. 1 crore aid for victims.