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Historical Event on 9/24/1999

India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/28/1999The Vajpayee Government seeks support on major economic issues during the winter session at Parliament.
4/27/1918Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army.
5/16/1995Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.
6/29/1909Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born.
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
5/8/1901British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population.
1/8/1992D. P. Sahastrabuddhe 'Anand', editor of monthly magzine, passed away.
5/28/1950Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away.
3/20/1904Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
11/9/1997Poonam Chibber, Miss Canada, crowned seventh Miss India Worldwide.