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Historical Event on 3/11/1999

Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/27/1878Britishers sent Indian soldiers to Malta considering that the Russian would attack.
3/30/1945Dr. J. J. Rawal, joint director of Nehru Planetarium of Mumbai, was born.
2/6/1949India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad.
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.
5/9/1996Kerala CM A.K. Antony resigns.
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
2/7/198161 die in circus fire in Bangalore.
1/1/1978Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.
3/6/1998A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.