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Historical Event on 9/9/1997

Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1990Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989.
11/3/1997American Consulate General in Chennai starts issuing visitor's visa with 10-year validity.
7/13/1999Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
1/8/1981India all out for 63 runs in one-day international vs Australia.
6/17/1961The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.
8/30/1645Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
7/23/1904The Great Indian Peninsula Railway started First Class restaurant cars on its mail trains.