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Historical Event on 4/17/1990

Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/17/1994Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India.
9/19/1995PM leaves for a 5-day visit to the two Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan and Kyrghistan.
3/9/1994Devika Rani Roerich, the first lady of the Indian screen, died at the age of 87 years in Bangalore.
3/12/1938Vijay Laxman Mehra, cricketer (Indian Test batsman from age 17), was born in Amritsar.
5/27/1930Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
10/28/1999Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born.
4/1/1969India's first Atomic Energy Reactor started at Tarapore.
8/18/1923Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.
9/10/1976An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aeroplane was hijacked for the second time and taken to Lahore, Pakistan.