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Historical Event on 4/17/1975

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/30/1991Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away.
9/9/1952Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away.
9/6/1994Prime Minister Narsimha Rao meets with his counterpart Vo Van Kiet at Hanoi. Both countries decide to boost ties.
1/3/1946Three High Ranked Officers of Azad Hind Fauj were released by Gen. C. Auchinleck.
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
12/17/1877Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.
11/1/1996Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha.
12/7/1782Hyder Ali, warrior of Mysore, passed away in a camp near Chittur.
1/19/1995Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson.
4/5/1919India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes.