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Historical Event on 4/17/1996

Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1993Narayan Ganesh Goray passed away (1-5-98).
4/1/1920S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
11/29/1991Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath vs Australia at Gabba.
5/25/1937Munshi Ajmeri passed away.
2/3/1994Akash' missile launched successfully.
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
3/4/2000Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.