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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
10/6/1862Indian Penal Code was notified. However, it was implemented from 1st January 1862.
6/22/1994Law for the betterment of women introduced.
9/18/1879Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born.
4/13/1989Malayalam film 'Piravi' directed by Shaji N. Karun adjudged best feature film of 1988.
10/26/1961Heavy fighting flared up between India and Communist China in their three-year-old dispute over border lines in the Himalayas. Each side accused the other of initiating the fighting that began along the Tibetan border early in October.
1/3/1922Kirat Chothairam Babani, versatile Sindhi Writer and Journalist, was born.
6/28/1857Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor.
1/7/1859The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29.
7/30/1987India says it will revive the 'Agni' IRBM programe.
10/2/1950Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay.