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Historical Event on 8/9/1999

India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/17/1835James Todd, researcher and writer of Rajput history, passed away.
3/3/1906Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, was born.
6/30/1981President's rule imposed in Assam.
10/21/1995L.K.Advani unanimously re-elected BJP president for the fourth time in New Delhi.
3/19/1935British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23.
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
1/20/1817Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
2/22/1993Sudhakarrao Naik, Mahrashtra CM, resigns in the wake of party dissidence.
7/7/1946Gandhiji addressed the A.I.C.C. meeting at Bombay; Congress accepted the Cabinet Mission plan of May 16.
4/24/1932450 people seized by British for defying ban on Indian National Congress.