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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
12/12/1930Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.
6/27/1939Rahul Dev (R. D.) Burman ""Pancham Da"", famous music director, was born.
7/21/1935Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.
7/18/1695Joannes Camphuys, Governal General of Dutch-Indies, died at the age of 61.
9/26/1996Deve Gowda, PM, takes oath as Rajya Sabha member. He was the first PM to enter parliament through RS. Indira Gandhi was already a RS member when elected leader in 1966.
7/17/1976Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away.
5/1/2000Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta.
3/24/1977Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted.
11/2/2000John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI.
10/14/1930The Flag of Freedom' or 'Swaraj Toran' a feature film produced by Prabhat Film Co.Kolhapur was prohibited by the Censor Board on October 14, 1930 on the grounds that it was objectionable in the existing political situation. The film, however, was cleared only after deleting certain portions and the title changed to 'Udaykal'.