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Historical Event on 10/17/1999

Indian men bagged bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/24/1956Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated.
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
8/15/1960Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established.
8/9/1971Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died.
4/25/1998India protests against Pakistan raising the Kashmir issue at the first SAARC Information Ministers conference in Dhaka.
6/19/2000Salgocar wins the Pondicherry Millennium All India Football tournament in Pondicherry.
3/15/1901Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.
9/25/1962Rajiv Ramesh Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87), was born in Bombay.