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Historical Event on 3/17/1999

GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1612Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese.
7/1/1996RBI reduces cash reserve ratio to 12\%.
1/26/1981Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated.
2/11/1993Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25.
7/4/1994Labhuben Mehta, famous Gujrathi author, died.
10/9/1993C. R. Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India, 8 runs @ 2.66, 9 wkts @ 54.78), passed away.
1/4/1964The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.
8/10/1988Ramakrishna Hegde resigns as CM of Karnataka on moral grounds in connection with phone tapping issue.
11/8/1968Jansattak Party established.
3/19/1995Vinaychandra Maudgal, founder of Gandharva Mahavidyalay of Delhi and music expert, passed away.