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Historical Event on 3/9/1998
Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/19/1976 | Indira Gandhi proposes a resumption of ties with Pakistan in New Delhi. |
| 2/12/2000 | Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore. |
| 6/7/1965 | Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 10/9/1942 | Bibi Amar Kaur, freedom fighter, successfully hoisted the national flag at Jail Gate of Lahore. She was then arrested and send to Ambala Jail. |
| 12/26/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country. |
| 8/7/1999 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, appeals to the United States to name Pakistan as a terrorist state. |
| 5/14/1978 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, passed away. |
| 5/11/1999 | Supreme Court confirms the death sentence on four of the 26 accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, reduces to life imprisonment the sentence on three others and acquits the remaining 19. |
| 10/22/1962 | Bakhra-Nangal Dam, a multipurpose river valley project, was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. |
| 6/9/1997 | At least 50 persons were killed and 5,000 families affected in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Gangktok. |
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