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Historical Event on 8/9/1999

India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/30/1983Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1B) launched. This was also a multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite, which served for more than its design life of seven years. It was launched by a US Space Shuttle.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
4/14/1990J&K Assembly dissolved.
5/30/1991Uma Shankar Dixit (90) passed away.
10/5/1993CBI chargesheeted 40 in Ayodhya case. Advani, Joshi and Bal Thackeray were among the accused.
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
4/18/1959India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
5/25/1997In a bid to break the deadlock on naming transport corporation after caste leaders in southern districts, Tamil Nadu Government agrees to create a new bus corporation named after Pulithevan.
9/9/1850Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born.