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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 |
| 4/1/1918 | Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain. |
| 11/30/1920 | N. B. Kamat, filmmaker and distributor, was born. |
| 1/16/1992 | For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat. |
| 4/5/1922 | Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away. |
| 9/3/1992 | Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court. |
| 12/25/1969 | India all out for 163 at Madras vs Australia, Ashley Mallett takes 5-91. |
| 2/4/1973 | India's then biggest commercial ship merchant fleet 88,000 DWT super tanker ""Jawaharlal Nehru"" commenced its services for the Nation. |
| 12/27/1898 | Shamrao Desmukh, former Central Minister and Agriculture expert , was born. |
| 1/15/1949 | General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day. |
| 6/1/1930 | First Indian luxurious fast train 'Deccan Queen' started from Victoria Terminus (CST) to Pune. |
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