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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
4/19/1997I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda.
6/18/1988V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.
8/28/1906Chintamani Govind (Mama Pendse), great actor, was born.
5/16/1932Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay.
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.
2/27/1993Samir Ranjan Barman, Tripura CM, resigns.
8/15/1992Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.
8/15/1992Queen 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.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.