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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 |
| 11/15/1997 | INS Delhi' commissioned. |
| 2/13/1999 | The 5th National Games were inaugurated by President K.R. Narayanan in Imphal. |
| 7/19/1993 | Girilal Jain, senior journalist, passed away. |
| 3/29/1990 | Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam film actor, passed away. |
| 4/1/1962 | Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations. |
| 4/21/1998 | Ashok Kumar, Special Secretary, Union Home Ministry, who headed a Central team to Tamil Nadu to assess the law and order situation, was transferred to the Planning Commission. |
| 5/26/1957 | Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay. |
| 11/18/1999 | Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 5/16/1975 | Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union. |
| 3/1/1910 | The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling. |
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