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Historical Event on 4/17/1997

Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/9/1989Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident.
4/30/1996Re-polling in 445 stations in six states.
3/22/1942Both Congress and Muslim League refused Cripps Mission offer. Congress adopts Quit India Resolution. Cripps Commission came to India which was preceded by Sir Stephard Crips to find out a political formula for transfer of power to Indians.
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
8/22/1942Harikrishna Kaul (Raja Pandit), administrator and Prime Minister of Jammu Kashmir and Patiyala, died.
4/5/1944221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site.
1/9/1919Theophane A. Mathias, educationist, was born.
4/23/1930Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.
9/7/1998Swami Ranganathananda is elected the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Order.
6/18/1978The Karakoram Highway, linking Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with Sinkiang in China, is opened.