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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
12/21/1999The Gujarat Government asks the Hindu Jagran March to go-ahead with the 'Shilanyas' for a Ram temple at Halmodi in Surat district.
8/1/1953All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
4/22/1930Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts.
9/19/1962Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
5/20/1878Krishnashastri Chiplunkar, Marathi novelist and omnicent, passed away.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
3/17/1957New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.
2/24/1950G.J.M.Gazdar, computational linguist, was born.