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Historical Event on 4/9/1999

K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/29/1992Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No of Seats of the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC).
12/4/1998Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government.
6/16/1990Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.
9/12/1993Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died.
11/3/1998The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India.
6/28/1924Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta.
10/1/1932Indian Milatary Academy became functional with Brigadier LP Collins, DSO, OBE as the Commandant. The first course of 40 GCs had on its rolls Sam Manekshaw, Smith Dun and Mohd Musa, later to be Chiefs of the armies of their respective countries, i.e. India, Burma (now Myanmar) and Pakistan. This training was for a period of two and a half years.
11/8/1992Mother Teresa, nobel prize winner, was presented 'Bharat Ki Mahan Suputri' award.
1/29/1997Olympic Hockey captain Pargat Singh announces retirement.
5/3/1997Vijay Pradhan, additional senior counsel for Srikrishna Commission probing 1992-93 riots in Mumbai, resigns. He is not allowed to cross-examine Chief Minister Manohar Joshi.