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Historical Event on 7/4/1999

S. Vijayalakshmi won the National women's `A' chess championship with a round to spare in Kozhikode.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1756Jose Cusodio Faria was born in Candolim of Goa. He was a revolutionary scientist and also known as Abbe Faria.
3/8/1999The President formally revokes the proclamation imposing Central rule in Bihar after this was decided by the Union Cabinet earlier in the day.
8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
1/12/1955Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and veteran journalist, passed away.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
1/14/1959Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.
11/19/1838Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj.
7/21/1935Establishment 'Mumabi Marathi Sahitya Sangh'.
9/21/1996Rao resigns Congress Party President post.
6/12/1996India's new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and will rule as head of the United Front Coalition.