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Historical Event on 4/17/1977
Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/8/1994 | Gopalrao Deuskar, internationally famed painter, passed away. |
| 4/20/1888 | 246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India. |
| 9/24/1829 | Anandram Dhekial Fukan, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, was born. |
| 1/31/1946 | Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), was born in Calcutta. |
| 10/17/1817 | Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of modern India, was born in Delhi. |
| 3/21/1971 | Gavaskar scores the first of his 34 Test tons, 116 at Georgetown. |
| 5/19/2000 | A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency. |
| 4/14/1948 | Law about Atomic Energy implemented in India. |
| 6/11/2000 | 27 army personnel die after the bus carrying them plunges into a gorge at a spot 80 km from Jammu. |
| 8/9/1963 | India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow. |
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