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Historical Event on 9/1/1999

Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
5/2/1953Declaration by the PM that India was opposed to joining any power-block in the event of another war.
3/18/1919Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people.
3/6/1998A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.
9/7/1947Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas.
11/20/1946Gandhiji starts tour without party.
4/8/1774Narayan Rao's posthumous son, Madhav Rao, was seen as a challenge to Raghunath Rao only when he was 10 days old.
6/23/1980Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I).
3/27/1989Delhi beat Bengal by an innings and 210 to win the Ranji Trophy.
8/22/1987Aircraft carrier ship of Indian Navy 'Virat' joined in fleet.