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Historical Event on 11/17/1999

41 more ministers are inducted into the Ram Prakash Gupta Ministry in Uttar Pradesh taking the strength of the ministry to 91.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/19/1689Sambhaji's queen Yesubai and her child surrendered the Raigarh Fort to the Mughals.
5/20/1878Bahameni Sultan Dawood Shah was assassinated.
9/2/1947Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.
1/22/1973Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.
4/14/1979Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
1/26/1876Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta.
4/12/1801Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab.
3/6/1991Chandrasekhar resigns as PM.
8/8/1942'Britishers Quit India', this resolution was announced in public at Bombay Congress Session. This resolution was passed by All Indian National Congress Committee and Gandhiji gave the 'Do or Die' call for Independence struggle.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).