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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
7/18/1946U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth.
9/9/1941Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad.
3/30/1913B. S. Soman, first Admiral of India, was born.
1/27/1994Union Cabinet approves inclusion of the land reforms laws in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution.
10/10/1756Clive sailed from Madras, to capture Calcutta, with a large naval fleet consisting of 900 European and 1500 Indian soldiers along with 5 battle ships, and 5 other vessels.
5/19/1980Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away.
7/12/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
3/1/1994Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57.
1/1/1903Sen also produced the first publicity films of India--""Jaba Kusum Hair Oil'' and ''Edward's Anti-malaria Specific''. He also filmed the celebrations of the Coronation of King Edward VII at Calcutta.