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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
4/17/1946Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
12/24/1993Khanprabha Bhaduri, famous Bengali poet and writer, died.
6/1/1930Baba Adhav was born.
1/31/1997Merger of SCICI and ICICI confirmed with effect from 1/4/1996.
6/2/1997Saudi Boeing 747 Jumbo with 348 people on board misses the Meenambakkam international airport, Chennai and forcelands at Tambaram Air Force strip.
4/2/1987Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
9/29/1970Union Carbide India Ltd in Bombay was commissioned Reclamation Plant Sewage Water of India for commercial use.
3/9/1836Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born.