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Historical Event on 10/9/1999

Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/5/1949Indian Boy Scout and Girl Guide were established and renamed as Bharat Scouts and Guides.
12/12/1958Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs West Indies at Kanpur.
3/6/1971Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.
12/23/1995400 people, mostly children and their parents, die in a fire that broke out during the Annual Day celebrations of DAV Public School. The fire was suspected to be caused due to electric short-circuit in Mandi Dabwali, Haryana.
2/15/1869Mirza ""Galib"" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away.
11/12/1929First Maharastrian Governor Shripad Balwant Tambe was appointed as Governor of Nagpur.
7/15/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away.
5/2/1982Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut.
9/21/1997I. K. Gujral and Nawaz Sharif discussed in New York the recent flare-up on Line of Control and firing across the border.The two agreed that such sources of tension should not be allowed.
8/12/1602Abul Fazal, Akbar's minister, was killed on the instructions of Jahangir.