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Historical Event on 3/17/1999

GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
10/26/1814British General Governor declared war against Nepal.
9/26/1931At Lancashire, Gandhi sees textile workers hurt by Indian boycott but says home spinning must go on.
7/4/1999S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women's `A' chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode.
12/28/1896In the Indian National Congress, Vande Mataram was first sung in Calcutta.
12/6/1995Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away.
1/19/1997Air India triumphs in the National Women's Cricket championship in Calcutta.
9/23/1862Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born.
1/1/1986This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"".
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.