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Historical Event on 4/17/1990

Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1957India's biggest sheet-glass manufacturing factory formally opened in Hazaribagh, Bihar.
1/16/1818The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad.
3/21/1995Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970.
3/29/1992The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar.
9/16/1997Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m national mark in the ITC International Athletics meet.
6/12/2000The Government appointed S. K. Mahajan of Delhi High Court as the chairman of the one-man tribunal to adjudicate whether or not there was sufficient cause for declaring LTTE as unlawful.
3/1/1987A Pakistani official quoted as saying, ""Pakistan has nuclear bomb capabilities at New Delhi"".
3/5/1905Shushila Didi, great freedom fighter, was born at Datton Chuhad village, Punjab. She is remembered for her association in the revolutionary activities of Bhagat Singh.
9/1/1934Suniti Kumar Ghosh, cricket test umpire for two tests from 1988-89, was born in Bengal.
12/15/1912Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born.