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Historical Event on 5/17/1992

R. Venkataraman, President, leaves for a six-day visit to China.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1977Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period.
11/28/1962K. C. Dey, well-known famous blind singer of Bengal, died.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.
3/9/1999Rabri Devi is sworn in Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time.
8/11/1911Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
1/16/1818The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad.
6/15/1991About 50% of the 180.3 million electorate cast their votes in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
12/21/1992BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast.
9/15/1940Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born.