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Historical Event on 3/27/1999

World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1994Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died.
1/11/1960Pakistan and India agree on disputed boundary between Punjab and W. at Pakistan.
3/17/1982President's rule in Kerala.
1/18/1948Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.
2/4/1953Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva.
6/4/1993L K Advani unanimously elected President of BJP.
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
3/29/1942Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.
10/12/2000A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.