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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
2/25/1977Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.
9/29/1755Robert Lord Clive founded the British empire in India
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
11/17/1948Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers.
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
10/24/2000Hyrunnisa, suspected to be the key accused in the Kollam liquor tragedy, nabbed along with her husband and a worker in her shop in Guruvayur.
1/16/1985Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
6/20/1946Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state.