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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
7/4/1897Alluri Seetaram Raju, freedom fighter, was born in a Kshatriya clan in Andhra Pradesh. He is rememberred as one of the great sons of India in the annals of Indian history who fought valiantly for his motherland in the early period of the freedom movement.
10/19/1983Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler.
1/23/1993British PM John Major arrives in India on an official visit.
3/30/1923New financial measures come into force, including restoration of Salt Tax.
7/9/199517 Indian mountaineers peaked Jogambha in the Garhwal Himalayas.
10/3/1880Sakuntal Sangeet held in Anandodbhav Auditorium in Pune. Annasaheb Kirloskar presented the first musical play in Marathi.
9/25/1914Devilal, former deputy Prime Minister of India and leader of farmers, was born.
6/17/1950Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.
4/5/1979First Naval Museum of India established in Bombay.
12/15/1976Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit