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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
3/9/1650Saint Tukaram Maharaj, famous saint of Maharashtra, passed away.
3/22/1938IRFA was registered as a local body not administered by the Government on March 22, 1938 under the Government of India Act No. XXI of 1860.
6/10/1966MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
3/18/1944Azad Hind Fauj entered India (Japanese army) from the border of Burma and invaded north eastern India.
2/10/1999P. Gopi Chand (A.P.) and Aparna Popat (Karnataka) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National badminton championship in Delhi.
3/20/1997Maharashtra (like H.P.) proposes to make carrying for aged parents mandatory.
6/13/1918Foundation stone was liad of Sir Kawasjee Jahangir Public Hall in Mumbai.
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
3/13/1857Lord William Pit, Governer General of India (1823-28), passed away.