Today Importance - 17th July
17-July-1489
Nizam Shah became the Sultan of Delhi.
17-July-1893
Lokmanya Tilak was arrested for 18 months.
17-July-1903
Joseph, the versatile Malayalam writer and critic, was born in Batshaw.
17-July-1930
British Viceroy Lord Irwin allowed Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
17-July-1935
Dr. Ram Babu Gupta, cricket Test umpire for 11 Test matches from 1986–89, born in Delhi.
17-July-1937
95 people died when the Delhi-Kolkata Express train derailed near Patna.
17-July-1947
550 lives were lost in the Ramdas coastal steamer Bombay.
17-July-1948
The government has announced that all discrimination against women in employment will be abolished and in future women will be eligible for any government job including administrative services and police services.
17-July-1974
JP Narayan led a movement to dissolve the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
17-July-1976
Mudaliar A. Padma Bhushan awardee, politician and industrialist Ramaswamy passed away.
17-July-1979
Jagjivan Ram was elected leader of the Janata Parliamentary Party. Charan Singh is the Central Priest of the Janata (S)- Congress alliance and Jagjivan Slam is the Head of the Resistance in the Lok Sabha.
17-July-1987
V P Singh reports acquiescence from Congress; And Venkataraman was chosen the Leader of India.
17-July-1992
The Lok Sabha rejected the no-confidence motion.
17-July-1996
47 ministers of Madhya Pradesh have submitted their resignations to Chief Minister Digvijay Singh.
17-July-1996
Madras would henceforth be known as 'Chennai'.
17-July-1997
KR Vice President Narayanan won the presidential election with a record margin and became the next head of state.
17-July-2000
An Alliance Air Boeing 737 aircraft going from Kolkata to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashed at Gardnibagh, one kilometer from the runway of Patna airport, killing 55 people.
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