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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
9/16/1990Air India establishes a world record by evacuating more than 1.11 lakh people in eight weeks from Kuwait/Iraq during the Gulf War.
7/18/1953Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta.
3/29/1954Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated.
11/11/1991Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review.
10/31/1876Cyclone hits Bengal centered near Bakarganj (now in Banlgadesh), about 200,000 die.
1/23/2000India will be taught a lesson if it tries to cross the LoC, says the Pakistani military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
8/1/1994The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
11/24/1930Chandrakant Trimbak Patankar, cricketer ( wicket keeper in one Test India vs NZ 1955-56), was born in Pen, Maharashtra.
5/12/1937George VI is crowned.
2/2/1967US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India.