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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
1/24/1958First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.
9/14/1820Agri-Horticultural Garden of Calcutta started functioning.
9/7/1996First phase of J & K Assembly elections.
5/9/1959Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, founder of Rayat Educational Institute, passed away.
10/24/1934Mahatma Gandhi quits Indian Indian National Congress in struggle over tactics.
8/15/1918Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born.
4/7/1997NAM foreign ministers two-day conference begins in New Delhi.
5/25/1995Voting on the Criminal Law Bill differed again in Rajya Sabha.
3/30/1908Devika Rani, famous film actress, was born.
4/6/1992Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started.