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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
7/4/1902Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39.
10/2/1845First Shipping Company of India started.
5/27/1991Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case.
11/12/1930First 'Round Table Conference' started in London. Only Muslim League party was present in the conference and there were no representative of Congress. 16 Indian Kings, 23 British representatives and other 56 Indians took part in this conference. The Muslim League consisted of Sir Agha Khan, Mohammed Ali Jauhar, Quaid-e-Azam, Sir Mohammed Shafi, Fazl-ul-Haq, Chaudhary Zafarullah and Ghulam Hussain.
11/30/1995G. Umapati, filmmaker, died.
6/10/1987Jeevan, famous Hindi film actor, died.
11/24/1989Tendulkar scores a record cricket test 50 aged 16 years 214 days.
5/13/1648Redfort construction was completed
5/4/1783Tipu Sultan was enthroned as the ruler of Mysore after the death of Haider Ali in a simple ceremony at Bednur. He continued the Second Mysore War against the English. He defeated many EnglishGenerals like Brithwhite & Col. Bailey. Tipu Sultan signed the treaty at Mangalore on 11th March 1784 A.D. which was known as the Mangalore treaty.
12/15/1991Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement.