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Historical Event on 3/9/1998

Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
12/1/1951Abanindra Nath Tagore, famous Indian painter and sculptor, died in Calcutta.
6/30/1834Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).
6/11/2000Assailants gun down 12 upper caste persons, including eight of a family in Bihar's Nawada district.
4/12/1978After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition.
9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
9/11/1991Tax concessions announced.
2/16/1998Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
5/20/1996CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta appointed pro-term speaker in the Lok Sahba.