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Historical Event on 4/17/1904
Naoomal Jeoomal Makhija, cricketer, pioneer Indian Test opening batsman, Right Arm Bowler and played 3 matches, was born at Karachi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/11/1793 | English pioneer missionary William Carey, 32, reached Calcutta five months after setting sail for India. Later, Carey founded the Baptist Missionary Society, the first of the British Protestant missions agencies. |
| 6/28/1787 | Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born. |
| 2/27/1993 | Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget. |
| 2/27/1993 | Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne. |
| 1/29/1896 | Swami Paranabananda Brahamachari, founder of `Bharat Sevashram Sangha', was born in Bajitpur village of Faridpur district. He took 'sanyas' in 1924. |
| 4/21/1994 | Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film. |
| 10/17/1994 | Kapil Dev's last one-day international vs West Indies. |
| 6/23/1993 | RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%. |
| 8/9/1996 | Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP. |
| 4/10/1982 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral). |
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