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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
5/27/1999Sharad Pawar, Tariq Anwar and P.A. Sangma launch the Nationalist Congress Party.
5/27/1999Mughals, under the leadership of Akbar, defeated Hindu ruler Hemu in the second battle of Panipat.
10/24/1975Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance
12/1/1997At least 61 persons, including 22 women and 17 children, belonging to SC and extremely backward communities are gunned down by banned private army of feudal landlords, Ranbir Sena, at Bathe-Lakshmanpur village in Bihar's Jehanabad district.
2/25/1993113 MPs arrested and Murali Manohar Joshi injured in police action.
4/23/1929The Fate of the Outlaw', a 7-reel film produced by Majestic Film Co. was prohibited by the Board of Censors, Bombay, on April 23 on the grounds that the film glorifieds crime.
12/12/1905Mulkraj Anand, Indo-Anglian novelist and critic of international repute, was born in Peshawar, Pakistan.
8/1/1952Nationalised Airways at Safdarjung, New Delhi inaugurated by Nehru.
6/16/1993Harshad Mehta accuses PM of taking Rs. 1 crore payoff from him in November 1991; Rao terms it malicious and unfounded.
1/2/1992Central Ministers Cabinet approved that elections will take place after the death of any independent candidate.