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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
10/1/1926Balkanji Bari Institute established for the welfare of children.
12/9/1997Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth (95), doyen of Kannada literature and Jnanpith Award winner, died in Manipal.
1/31/1992The Securities and Exchange Board of India given statutory power as an autonomous body.
5/19/1954The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
3/3/1891Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created.
9/8/1947There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.
1/7/1997Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.
4/12/1987V. P. Singh resigns as Defence Minister of India, K. C. Pant appointed in his place.
10/3/1996Second phase of UP polling.
6/7/1999Supreme Court, through an interim order, stayed the execution of the four accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case till July 19, 1999.