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Historical Event on 3/17/1999
GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1986 | Fourth Pay Commission implemented. |
| 10/6/1999 | INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana. |
| 2/22/1845 | Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company. |
| 1/5/1988 | India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind. |
| 11/22/1988 | Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award. |
| 4/16/1848 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Telegu author and social reformer, was born in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 5/3/1764 | Mir Kasim, with the backing of Delhi Emperor, attacked on Patna but this weak Emperor was defeated by Britishers. Britishers became the rulers of Bengal, the richest province of India. |
| 11/19/1924 | Amarjit Singh, great educationist and scientist, was born at Punjab. |
| 1/17/1922 | T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born. |
| 8/22/1915 | Shambhu Mishra, Bengali actor, director and playwright, was born. |
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