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Historical Event on 3/14/1999

Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/26/1998S. Chandrasekar, scientist, was selected for the Niels Bohr-UNESCO gold medal.
10/22/1929Air Mail Series Stamps were issued. These stamps were of denominations of 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 12 annas.
12/5/1872Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.
5/4/1960Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale.
10/26/1886Godavarish Mishra, famous Orria poet, playwright and patriot, was born.
4/24/1966Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989), was born in Secunderabad.
2/19/1818Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away.
5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.
12/28/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.
6/8/1998Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.