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Historical Event on 7/17/2000

55 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
2/12/1890Shastri A. R. Krishna was born.
5/12/1998Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT.
12/13/2000Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief.
11/1/1949Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India.
8/1/1997Viswanathan Anand wins the Credit Suisse Masters chess tournament in Beil.
9/24/1815John Sevier, Indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), died at the age of 70.
11/21/1993India and South Africa sign a historic pact on re-establishing diplomatic and consular relations after a gap of 50 years.
6/9/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India ends.
9/24/1921Dr. Sakharam Gangadhar Malshe, researcher and critic, was born.