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Historical Event on 3/14/1999

Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/20/1957South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports.
5/14/1995Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
12/6/1995Prabhakar Barve,painter of international fame, passed away.
10/20/1998Security forces unearth 770 kg of RDX and plastic explosives in the Tangmay area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
3/3/1839Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
12/20/1850Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born.
1/1/1664Shivaji marched towards Surat.
8/21/1997Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people.