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Historical Event on 4/9/1999

K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1992Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated.
2/13/1999The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal.
6/3/1985The week comprising of five working days was implemented in Central Government Offices for its staff.
12/21/1974Inssatvahana, the first establishment to give submarine training, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam.
3/22/1885Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
9/29/1914German cruiser Emden shells Madras.
7/4/1999S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women's `A' chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode.
8/20/1955Jawaharlal Nehru breaks off relations with the Portuguese after the invasion of Goa by Indian nationalists.
11/1/1973Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka.