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Historical Event on 7/17/1947
Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/14/1758 | Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them. |
| 4/1/1918 | Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain. |
| 7/12/1949 | Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die. |
| 9/25/1899 | Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara. |
| 2/28/2000 | The Supreme Court orders notice to the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, on a special leave petition filed by the State Government against the Madras High Court judgment upholding the trial court's order discharging her in the ""coal import case"". |
| 3/17/1909 | Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra. |
| 1/25/1983 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982). |
| 12/17/1978 | Dhirendranath Ganguly, father of Bengali film industry, died. |
| 11/2/2000 | John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI. |
| 1/14/1982 | First Antarctic Expedition on December 1981-Jan 1982; group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim reached Antarctica successfully. |
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