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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
4/3/1998Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister ""in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PMO"".
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.
10/21/1950China invades Tibet.
9/20/1881Pandit Kashinath Babaji (Chandrakant Bhringa), famous Marathi writer, was born at Munjawad in Nasik.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
5/26/1916Rangnath Manohar Joshi (Nirmal Guruji), Marathi author, was born.
6/2/1965The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).
8/10/2000Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, retires from international cricket.
3/28/1991IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore.