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Historical Event on 7/17/1947

Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1991Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
6/1/1955India's Untouchability (Offence) Act comes into force.
11/13/1992Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away.
1/10/199526th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.
1/21/1910Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born.
6/13/1965Maninder Singh Harbansingh Billa, cricketer (Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93), was born in Pune.
7/31/1993Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.
9/12/1922Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.
11/9/1942Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died.
11/12/1929First Maharastrian Governor Shripad Balwant Tambe was appointed as Governor of Nagpur.