July17

Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives.

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

55 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport.

Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away.

Joseph, versatile author in Malyalam language and critic Butshshor, was born.

Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.

Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth.

Nizam Shah became the Sultan of Dehli.

Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95.

J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.

Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.

V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India.

Lok Sabha rejects no-trust motion.

K.R. Narayanan,Vice President, wins in the Presidential election with a record margin to become the next head of state.

All 47 ministers in Madhya Pradesh submit resignations to CM Digvijay Singh.