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Historical Event on 10/9/1999

Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1947Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the new boundaries of West Punjab, East Punjab, West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam.
11/17/1925Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born.
9/25/1916Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan.
5/6/1946Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away.
1/1/199730-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect.
5/27/1994Tarktirth Laxmanshastri Joshi, internationally famous omnicient, passed away.
7/18/1980Madras Doordashan Centre transmitted their first colour transmission for one hour in the afternoon, and this programme was re-transmitted simultaneously by Delhi Doordarshan, India.
10/10/1973Vikash Dhorsoo, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Harfleur, Le Havre, France
12/3/1955In exercise of the powers conferred by the provision in Article 343 (2) of the constitution, orders were issued for the use of Hindi language in addition to the English language for specific purposes of the union.
10/13/1999Atal Krishna Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India.