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Historical Event on 7/17/1935

Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket test umpire for 11 tests from 1986-89, was born at Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/5/1968Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away.
6/12/1952J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy.
4/27/1907Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers.
6/20/1939Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in the 60s), was born in Bombay.
1/10/1993India asks Pakistan to reduce its diplomatic strength by 40.
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
3/24/1998Shahjahan, great mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
5/23/1990Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation.