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Historical Event on 4/17/1990

Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1992R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President.
6/18/1943British Field Marshal Archibald Wavell becomes Viceroy of India.
7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
2/14/1990An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people.
6/11/2000Assailants gun down 12 upper caste persons, including eight of a family in Bihar's Nawada district.
1/10/1996Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
11/7/1998The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma.
1/14/1964Bapu Nadkarni bowled 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row.
7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.
7/20/1969M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India.