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Historical Event on 9/24/1999

India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.
10/26/1937Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, famous music director, was born.
8/19/1977Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.
5/13/1967Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
3/31/1904British slaughter hundreds of Tibetans.
12/29/1972Construction work of Metro Train in Calcutta commenced.
10/29/1988Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter and political leader, passed away.
12/21/1881Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Rajim, M.P.
11/1/1992The Superfast Rajdhani Express train linking Bangalore and Nizamuddin (2,452 km) flagged off.
4/5/1993The Left and Democratic Front earns two third majority at the Tripura Assembly elections.