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Historical Event on 8/9/1999
India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/24/1994 | S. L. Kirloskar, 91, industrial magnate, passed away in Pune. |
| 9/21/1994 | Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away. |
| 7/11/1973 | India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds. |
| 2/19/1995 | National Research Centre for Oil Palm(NRCOP), the only institute exclusively devoted to Oil Palm research in India, was established. |
| 1/1/1966 | Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away. |
| 11/9/1998 | India rejects Pakistan's bid to internalise the Sir Creek issue at the bilaternal talks in New Delhi. |
| 8/5/1939 | In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay. |
| 12/13/2000 | Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'. |
| 9/5/1988 | The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill. |
| 10/14/1955 | Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia . |
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