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Historical Event on 10/17/1999

Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/12/2000A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.
8/18/1945Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose left Saigon and is believed to have died in a Japanese aeroplane crash at Taihoku Airport in Taiwan.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.
1/2/1959Kirtivardhan Bhagwat Jha Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83), was born in Purnea, Bihar.
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
3/14/1910Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta.
7/1/1947Independence of India Bill passed.
7/1/1999The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) of Shankersinh Waghela merges with Congress(I).