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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
4/3/1932Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.
6/17/1995Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first.
4/13/1993Bhupan Hazarika wins Phalke Award for 1992.
4/12/1801Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.
4/12/1801Saint Chokhoba passed away.
8/9/1995India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement.
8/6/1920'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released.
7/2/1972Shimla Treaty' was singed between Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Pakistani counterpart Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
11/20/1888Gurunath Bewoor, director general, was born at Bewoor village, district Bijapur.
3/19/2000Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.