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Historical Event on 4/17/1946

Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1907Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta.
2/2/1956The president inaugurated the Bhoodan padyatra led by Dr. Sushila Nayar.
11/8/1990Congress (I) extends support to Chandrasekhar to form Government, even as BJP and Left parties decline the request of President R. Venkataraman to form Government. Rajasthan BJP CM Bhairon Singh Shekhwat wins confidence motion with the help of Janata Dal rebels (116-80).
6/1/1904Four Language panel were used for Rangoon. This panel had languages namely Burmese, Urdu, Tamil and Chinese.
4/21/1993India announces establishing proof in Pakistan's complicity in Bombay bomb blasts.
5/13/1962Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).
4/3/1914Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"".
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
6/1/1970Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was enforced. This act was passed in 1969.