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Historical Event on 9/10/1999

Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
1/20/1999Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.
11/14/1967Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.
7/22/1875Nandkishor Bal, great Oria poet, novelist and critic, was born.
7/18/1946U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth.
1/31/1983The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.
11/1/1966Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
9/12/1912T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu.
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
6/9/1986Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory.