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Historical Event on 10/9/1999
Sunil Kumar and Sai Jayalakshmy won the men's and women's titles respectively in the National Tennis championship in Delhi. Akshay Vishal Rao emerged boys' under-18 champion.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1927 | Dr. Namwar Singh was born. |
| 7/7/1917 | Ram Subhagsingh, great politician and former Rail Minister, was born. |
| 5/9/1753 | Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi. |
| 6/14/1996 | CBI grills PV Prabhakar Rao, son of former PM, for his involvement in the Rs. 133 crore NFL urea import scandal. |
| 7/26/1923 | Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born. |
| 6/25/1908 | Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born. |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 5/11/1985 | Booby (Doll) trap bomb kills 86 people in India. |
| 3/15/1904 | Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born. |
| 1/1/1932 | Publication of Marathi Newspaper 'Sakal' started. |
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