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Historical Event on 10/17/1999

Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1918Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
9/10/1924K.T. Gopalkrishnan, famous Hindi writer, was born at Azhicode.
1/22/1990FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case.
8/18/1985Assam Assembly dissolved (18).
5/16/1995Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.
12/31/1923Vishnu Dayal Jhunjhunwala, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
5/4/1993Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice.
12/17/1961Provocative action against our nationals in the vicinity of Anjadip Island and Portugal's belligerent attitude to the problems of its colonial possessions in this country, resulted in the Government of India's decision to liberate Goa, Daman and Diu. Operations were launched at night.
4/30/1947The entire nation is stirred by religious strife.
2/28/1927Krishan Kant, vice President of India and former Young Turk, was born at Kot Mohd. Khan, district Amritsar, Punjab.