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Historical Event on 9/9/1997
Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/8/2000 | Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai. |
| 4/27/1919 | Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born. |
| 7/21/1977 | K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 5/2/1930 | Riots break out in Amritsar. |
| 8/10/1855 | Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur court, was born. |
| 5/29/1953 | Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born. |
| 9/15/1993 | Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram. |
| 3/3/1948 | B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away. |
| 12/24/1762 | Gopalrao defeated in the battle of Jamkhindi. |
| 5/16/1998 | India rejects China's charges on N-tests. |
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