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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
9/19/2000Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
12/28/1990Following the war threat as the January 15 deadline set by UN for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait approaches, GOI advise Indians in Gulf to send back their families to India.
2/4/1628Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
5/13/1946Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 runs for the 10th wkt stand for Indians v Surrey.
10/11/1999Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh.
6/4/1986Masti Vyanktesh Iyengar, famous Kannad author and Gyanpeeth Puraskar awardee, passed away.
5/28/1925Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born.
4/20/1989R. S. Pathak, Chief Justice of India, elected to the World Court.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.