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Historical Event on 4/17/1990
Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/26/1891 | Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, was born. |
| 2/4/1953 | Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva. |
| 5/27/1991 | Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case. |
| 12/11/1996 | T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner. |
| 8/3/1890 | Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi. |
| 1/16/1924 | In a tragic ship wreck, Kumaran Asan, famous Malayalam poet & eminent social worker, died. |
| 8/22/1984 | R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987). |
| 12/16/1994 | Pratap Singh Rane of Congress (I) takes oath of office. |
| 1/1/1994 | Hindu Heritage Endowment, first Hindu international trust, was founded by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. |
| 1/8/1992 | Luggage rate of railway passengers hiked by 30 per cent. |
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