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Historical Event on 3/5/1999

Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1920Balraj Madhok was born.
2/25/1920Chandragupta I succeeded his father Ghatotkacha at Patliputra. He is known for establishing the Gupta dynasty. Gupta era begins.
10/21/1997RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates.
4/1/1920S. Bhattacharya, cricket Test Umpire for 2 tests from 1963-70, was born in Delhi.
4/1/1954Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960.
10/30/1909Homi Jahangir Bhabha, famous nuclear scientist, was born in Bombay.
7/5/1917'Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya.
11/29/1926Prabhakar Narayan Padhye (Bhau Padhye), great journalist and litterateur, was born.
6/27/1894Chhaganbapa (Chhaganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker, was born.
11/11/1906Chetput Ramaswami Pattabhi Raman, politician and social worker, was born at Madras.