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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
12/23/1995The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia.
11/9/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him.
11/11/1924Rusi Sheriyar Modi, cricketer (Indian batsman in post-War years), was born in Surat, Gujarat.
5/1/1940Marathi magzine `Digdarshan' was published.
8/28/1973India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.
12/11/1968Indian born Har Govind Khorana receives the Nobel Price for medicine and physiology.
2/14/1959Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth.
8/1/200027 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine.
4/4/1926Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues.
3/3/1839Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.