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Historical Event on 4/17/1975
Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/1956 | Apsara, India's first large scale Atomic Energy Nuclear Reactor and first in the East World, was commissioned in Trombay, Bombay. |
| 12/17/2000 | The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off. |
| 11/2/1950 | India rebukes Mao for invasion of Tibet. |
| 3/25/1898 | Swami Vivekanand accepted Sister Nivedita as his disciple. |
| 2/4/1628 | Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra. |
| 11/10/1909 | Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke. |
| 7/23/1927 | Daily radio transmission broadcasting in India started by Bombay Radio Station. This was the first Commercial Radio Station. |
| 10/21/1995 | Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil. |
| 5/5/1992 | Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched. |
| 6/2/1997 | Saudi Boeing 747 Jumbo with 348 people on board misses the Meenambakkam international airport, Chennai and forcelands at Tambaram Air Force strip. |
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