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Historical Event on 4/17/1675
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/27/1949 | Agreement reached on the ceasefire line in Kashmir. |
| 4/30/1863 | Naval Force East India Comapny was merged with the British Naval Fleet. |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
| 3/7/1942 | Umesh Narayan Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68), was born in Alibaug, Maharashtra. |
| 1/3/1945 | No. 8 Squadron becomes the first to convert onto the Spitfire VIII during the previous month and commencing operations on 3 January 1945 in the Kangaw area. |
| 12/6/1992 | 300,000 Hindus destroy the mosque of Babri at Ayodhya, India. 4 die and BJP government in UP, led by Kalyan Singh, was dismissed and President's rule promulgated. Then countrywide riots followed. Pakistan and Bangladesh condemned demolition. |
| 6/1/1930 | First Indian luxurious fast train 'Deccan Queen' started from Victoria Terminus (CST) to Pune. |
| 11/15/1989 | Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi. |
| 9/1/1913 | Snehangshu Kanta Acharya, politician, social reformer, lawyer and athelete, was born. |
| 12/25/1846 | Swati Tirunal Ramavarma passed away. |
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