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Historical Event on 04/17/1479
Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/16/1930 | Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000. |
| 11/27/1778 | Joseph Lin flew upto 2,286 meters high with the help of a baloon. |
| 8/18/1979 | Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died. |
| 5/25/1997 | Seven Pakistani infiltrators are killed in an encounter with BSF in Ranbir Singh Pora. |
| 4/18/1930 | Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army. |
| 1/9/1922 | Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley. |
| 2/18/2000 | Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music. |
| 9/4/1993 | Lawyers all over the country decide to abolish addresses like 'My Lord', 'Your Lordship' and replace them with 'Sir', 'Your Honour,' etc. |
| 10/27/1998 | L. P. Singh, ICS, former Governor of five north eastern states, died in New Delhi. He was 86. |
| 8/1/1920 | Bipin Chandra Pal opposed to the Non Co-operation Movement and retired from politics, but movement was approved by Congress. |
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