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Historical Event on 3/17/1999
GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/23/1900 | Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer's leader, was born. |
| 2/28/1936 | Kamla Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, passed away near Lausanne in Switzerland. |
| 10/28/1946 | Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar. |
| 7/12/1949 | Ban on RSS lifted on the assurance that it abjures violence. |
| 2/21/1952 | The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras. |
| 10/20/1961 | B. S. Guha, famous human scientist, died. |
| 7/4/1991 | Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'. |
| 9/26/1999 | Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science. |
| 2/25/1897 | A. Vedaratnam, freedom fighter, nationalist and leader, was born in an orthodox Saiva Vellala community. |
| 6/28/1995 | Madhya Pradesh in central India is designated a `tiger state' to protect the animal from poachers and settlers. |
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