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Historical Event on 9/24/1999

India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1922Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.
10/20/1999The Cabinet approves the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) Bill for introduction in the current session of Lok Sabha if time permits.
3/19/2000Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades.
1/5/1968Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.
11/7/1998Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas.
4/26/1952India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries.
8/5/1905Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, was born.
12/4/1982Asian Games at Delhi concluded.
12/7/1999A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, rejects the Opposition demand for resignation of three Central Ministers L. K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati in the Ayodhya case.
12/7/1999Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time at Hardoi in U.P. in the battle of Kanauj.