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Historical Event on 9/9/1997

Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
10/20/1920Censor Board, after examining the film 'Ahilya Uddhar' on October 20, started mentioning the number of reels as well as the length in feet on the Censor Certificate. The film had already been released earlier on August 23, 1919.
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
12/29/1959Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated.
3/24/1993Six of Memon family escape to Karachi.
9/10/1912B. D. Jatti, former Vice President of India, was born.
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
3/21/1997Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai.
4/6/1978Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by an innings and 193 runs to win Ranji Trophy.