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Historical Event on 4/17/1990

Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, famous Director of Raja Kelkar Museum, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
9/7/1955All India Council of Secondary Education set up by the Government.
4/12/1752Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar.
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
1/19/1992Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away.
11/18/1925Madhukar Gopal Pathak, noted author and film director, was born.
2/1/1827Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club.
6/7/1979Bhaskara-I, first experimental satellite for Earth resources/meteorology remote sensing and the Second Satellite of India, launched. This satellite carried TV and microwave cameras. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle 'Intercosmos'.
7/2/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement on promoting agricultural research in New Delhi.
8/5/1939In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay.