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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
4/5/1922Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away.
4/19/1975First Indian Satellite ''Aryabhata'' launched. The Satellite provided technological experience in building and operating a satellite system. It was launched by Russian launch vehicle Intercosmos.
6/21/1994The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group.
7/27/199511 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.
12/7/1856First Hindu widow married officially.
10/31/1997Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
7/9/1951India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held.
8/11/1954Yashpal Barburam Sharma, cricketer (Indian right-handed batsman early 80'), was born in Ludhiana.
7/4/1760Meeran, Mir Jaffer's son, accidently died on the banks of Ganga near Patna due to lightning.
5/2/1981Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away.