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Historical Event on 7/4/1999

S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women's `A' chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1958Raghuram Adwai Bhat, great Indian left-arm spinner 1983-84, was born at Mangalore.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.
10/1/1995Aditya Birla, famous industrialist, died.
4/12/1978India's first double decker train was started between Victoria Terminus (CST) and Pune which beared the name as ""Janta Express"", which is now known under the name of Shivaji's fort as ""Singhgarh Express"".
12/13/2000The Lok Sabha begins the Ayodhya-Babri Masjid debate.
10/26/194627 die as violence between Hindus and Muslims continued in Calcutta.
1/23/1992India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner.
2/18/1905Indian Home Rule Society was founded at London by Shyamji Krishna Varma.
1/9/1918Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born.