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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 |
| 1/22/1989 | DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election. |
| 2/11/1993 | Andhra Naxalites release four out of six hostages. |
| 10/10/1995 | G. R Khairnar, the high profile suspended Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, was reinstated. |
| 7/3/1956 | Pandit Nehru and New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Sidney Holland are given the freedom of the City at London. |
| 2/3/1984 | Ravindra Mhatre, great Indian diplomat who was kidnapped in England, was murdered. |
| 1/1/1973 | Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised. |
| 3/7/1998 | A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party. |
| 12/27/1992 | Dhananjay Bhattacharya, famous Bengali singer, died. |
| 2/4/1934 | Madhusudan Das ""Utkal Gourab"", passed away. He was described as a great Indian patriot, who wore himself out is giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes. He wrote a number of articles and poems both in Oriya, English and Bengali to fill people with enthusiasm and patriotism. He was the first non-official Vice Chairman and then Chairman of Cuttack District Board. |
| 8/13/1784 | East India Company was appointed as the centralised Regulatory Authority through India by Pitt's India Act, which was accepted in British Parliament in England. |
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