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Historical Event on 3/27/1999

World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/29/1802Agreement between Gaikwad of Baroda and Britishers about the army.
10/22/1999The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
5/14/1994LTTE banned for the second time under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
3/27/1997South African President Nelson Mandela arrives in New Delhi on official visit.
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
8/25/1948Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.
11/11/1675Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day.
10/2/1906Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour.
1/14/1989'Poorna Kumbh', India's largest religious gathering held once in 12 years, begins at Allahabad.