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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
10/21/1997Himachal Pradesh Assembly goes global with inauguration of its website on the Internet.
6/7/1997At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.
11/20/1997Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding.
3/23/1757Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops.
5/6/1944Mahatma Gandhi was released unconditionally from his last imprisonment from Aga Khan Palace at Pune.
6/17/1991Congress and its allies secure absolute majority in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana Assemblies.
5/17/1992R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.
12/22/1877Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born.
3/28/1914Komagata Maru sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver with 351 Sikhs and 21 Punjabi Muslim youths under the captaincy of Sardar Gurjeet Singh as a part of 'Ghadar' Movement.
4/16/1974Dr. Sarvapalli Radhanakrishnan, former President of India, Philosophist and litterateur, passed away.