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Historical Event on 4/17/1999
The Vajpayee Government resigns after it loses the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha by one vote - 269 to 270.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/17/1999 | Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies. |
| 1/21/1978 | Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer, poet, editor of 'Dainik Batori', journalist and lawyer, passed away. He participated in the Quit India Movement for which he was arrested. |
| 12/31/1999 | This Indian Railway, carries more than 11 million passengers in a day, runs on more than 62,000 route kilometers and more than 1,07,000 track kilometers daily. This is the largest Railway System under Single Management. |
| 4/29/1997 | R. N. Malhotra, 71, former RBI Governor, died. |
| 7/25/2000 | P.T. Usha,Star Indian athlete, announces retirement from International athletics at a press conference in New Delhi. |
| 5/2/1998 | The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas. |
| 6/6/1969 | Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag. |
| 11/8/1999 | The Government announces waiver of telephone bills up to Rs. 1000 in the rural areas of cyclone-hit Orissa. |
| 11/18/1997 | US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership. |
| 12/8/1999 | Furore in the Lok Sabha over RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav's daughter topping the MBBS exam. |
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