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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 |
| 5/8/1725 | John Lovewell, US Indian fighter, passed away in a battle. |
| 12/5/1991 | Sarkaria report accepted. |
| 9/15/1993 | Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram. |
| 6/9/1752 | French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India. |
| 10/5/1989 | Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court. |
| 7/18/1993 | Girilal Jain, 71, The Times of India editor, died. |
| 8/9/1963 | India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow. |
| 7/17/1976 | Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away. |
| 5/4/1849 | Jyotirindranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur and poet, was born. |
| 5/13/1648 | Redfort construction was completed |
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