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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
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
12/8/1980Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
3/29/1995Harindra Dave, chief editor of Janmabhumi Group and Gujrati author, passed away.
2/9/1931A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi.
3/31/1904British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans.
8/13/1795Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70.
10/16/1922M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born.
8/5/2000Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi.
10/20/1990Andhra Pradesh Government announces a five-day week for all offices and educational institutions from November 01, 1990.
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.