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Historical Event on 4/17/1923

Lindsay Anderson, director (Thursday's Children), was born in Bangalore, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/28/1994G-15 summit opens with only six heads of Government in New Delhi.
5/10/1905Pankaj Malik, music director, was born.
11/11/1913Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa.
2/5/1936Baba Maharaj Satarkar (Nilkanth Gyaneshwar Gore - Satarkar) was born.
10/14/1947Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died.
7/6/1787Robert founded Indian Botanic Garden near Calcutta by Kyd on 273 acres of land.
1/1/1988The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.
11/7/1998Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas.
11/30/1995G. Umapati, filmmaker, died.
12/29/1909Congress at Lahore adopts resolution praising Indians' struggle in South Africa and urged ban on indenture.