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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
12/15/1991Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement.
5/14/1960The first plane of India flew upto New York.
10/28/1997Gold import placed under Open General Licence.
2/12/1960Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers.
2/6/1949India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad.
2/20/1982The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
11/20/1969The Union Home Ministry decides to reserve posts for SC\STs in the public sector undertakings.
10/16/1942Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 people in south of Calcutta, India.
12/1/1993World AIDS day.
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.