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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
7/19/1763Mir Kasim was defeated in 'Katwa' battle by Britishers.
3/17/1957New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.
11/17/1857Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow.
12/17/1933Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
1/12/1895Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow, saintly scientist and nobel prize winner, was born at Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
8/13/1795Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70.
8/13/1795Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath.
1/3/1978Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.
10/12/1860Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73.