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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
11/25/1948National Cadet Corps was first established.
1/17/1941Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days.
10/27/1969Darshansingh Pheruman died in Amritsar during the 74th day of his fast, which he had undertaken for the merger of Chandigarh in Punjab.
4/1/1997Govt. clarifies it is illegal to carry a child on a two-wheeler in addition to a pillion rider.
10/16/1983Harish Chandra, great Indian scientist, died. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world.
1/20/1993Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away.
7/16/1909Aruna Asaf Ali, social worker and freedom fighter, was born at Kalka in Haryana.
6/10/1959Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, died near Hardwar.
3/6/1775Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.