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Historical Event on 3/9/1998
Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1666 | Shahjahan (Sjihab Al-Din Sultan C Shah D Jahan), great Mughal emperor, died at the Agra fort as a prisoner, to rest besides Mumtaz in Taj Mahal. Jahanara arranged that Sahjahan be laid. |
| 2/18/1911 | Captain Vasudev Belwalkar, who had also written the novels on history and war, was born. |
| 7/13/1999 | Floods claim 15 more lives in Bihar. |
| 1/16/1896 | Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P. |
| 6/23/1810 | Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed. |
| 9/28/1964 | The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border. |
| 4/20/1992 | U. K. Kanitkar, famous scientist, and professor, passed away. |
| 10/28/1998 | Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad. |
| 10/18/1927 | Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/19/2000 | Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship. |
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