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Historical Event on 8/9/1999

India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1991Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.
7/25/1992Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma sworn in as the ninth President of India. He remain in this office from July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997.
7/21/1993Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal.
4/11/1999Paes-Bhupathi won the doubles in the in the ATP-Gold Flake Open in Chennai.
3/27/1999World 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.
8/11/1997Hundreds travelling by Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Guwahati have miraculous escape as improvised explosive device planted by suspected Bodo extremists explodes on track near Guwahati.
12/11/1987Rajiv Government defeats the first ever no-confidence motion.
12/27/1992Dhananjay Bhattacharya, famous Bengali singer, died.
12/25/1994Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.