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Historical Event on 4/17/1946

Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/6/1985Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died.
1/31/1948Cities swept by riots in wake of Gandhi murder.
3/16/1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
2/1/1990Governors named for 14 states.
9/22/1999India asks Pakistan to prevent the reported attempt by the JKLF to cross the Line of Control (LOC) on October 4.
2/7/1908Manmanath Gupta was born.
7/31/1938Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born.
11/17/1999India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly adjudged the 'man of the match' and 'man of the series'.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
6/15/1986K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.