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Historical Event on 9/1/1999

Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/22/1963Rohini, Glider, became the first to successfully fly at Kanpur.
1/8/1908Mary Nadia Wadia (Fearless Nadia), great actress, was born.
9/19/1960Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
9/7/1947Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas.
3/31/1992The PM to look after foreign affairs.
10/17/1919The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
6/1/1842Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali officer and litterateur, was born.
9/30/2000Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.