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Historical Event on 7/17/1937
Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/5/1905 | Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was born in Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir. |
| 5/22/1970 | Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'. |
| 8/3/1993 | Government assures Lok Sabha that it will revive the proposal for a multi-member election commission. |
| 12/11/1931 | Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ""Osho"", guru of the rich, was born. |
| 1/10/1996 | Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission. |
| 5/7/1994 | Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India. |
| 5/7/1994 | Nizam Shah became the Sultan of Dehli. |
| 9/27/2000 | Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics. |
| 11/23/1983 | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), the seventh biennial Commonwealth Summit, meets in New Delhi. |
| 8/1/1996 | Madhu Dandavate is made Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission. |
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