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Historical Event on 5/17/1999
Sonia Gandhi resigns as Congress president but the CWC(I) rejects it.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/14/1963 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away. |
| 4/13/1796 | The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India. |
| 7/5/1970 | Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives. |
| 4/16/1918 | Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born. |
| 1/25/1930 | Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP. |
| 4/27/1705 | Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera. |
| 4/30/1996 | CBI concludes after 11 1/2 years of investigation that no espionage has taken place in what was dubbed the `ISRO spy scandal case'. |
| 9/17/1950 | Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel. |
| 3/1/1979 | Jairamdas Doulatram, great national leader, freedom fighter and journalist, passed away at Delhi. He played a vital role to recognised Sindhi as one of the national laguages of India. |
| 12/27/1988 | The first hot-air Cross India Balloon started its flight in Rajasthan. |
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