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Historical Event on 3/9/1998
Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/24/1996 | BSE index reaches 3869.87, a new 18-month high. |
| 2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
| 11/7/1995 | India opens second consulate in UK in Glasgow (first being at Birmingham). |
| 9/24/1995 | Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University. |
| 6/21/1988 | Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar. |
| 1/2/1994 | Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants. |
| 7/25/1938 | Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 9/23/1862 | Sriniwas Shastri, great patriot and veteran politician, was born. |
| 9/22/1979 | Israel conducts nuclear test at Indian Ocean. |
| 1/31/1963 | Peacock declared as National Bird of India. |
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