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Historical Event on 9/17/1999

India and the United States begin high level consultations to find ways on countering terrorism.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
10/6/1808Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer, innovator, chief engineer and Inspector of Machinery at the Steam Factory at Bombay and one of the dignitaries, was born.
5/23/1990Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
11/28/1993JRD Tata, 89, passed away in Geneva.
1/6/1664Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.
5/30/1895Pandurang Sakharam Pisurlekar, great historian in Goa, was born.
5/3/1896Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great nationalist, lawyer, freedom fighter, barrister and member of the Rajya Sabha, was born at Panniyankara in Calicut, Kerala.
11/29/1989Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India.
10/15/1888Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started daily newspaper 'Sudharak'.