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Historical Event on 4/17/1977
Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/20/1982 | Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 8/10/1948 | Atomic Energy Commission established. |
| 4/1/1920 | S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi. |
| 8/14/1942 | Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts. |
| 1/25/1930 | Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP. |
| 3/12/1913 | Yashvantrao Balvantrao Chavan, first Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born. |
| 12/26/1989 | The Constitution 62nd Amendment Bill, seeking to extend reservation for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another ten years, approved in Parliament. |
| 2/22/1946 | Curfew imposed till 9 p.m. by the British in Bombay as rioting and looting continued for the second day. |
| 6/10/1928 | Papan Ramchand Panjabi, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1978-81, was born in Mumbai. |
| 5/17/1976 | 4 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak. |
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