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Historical Event on 3/9/1998

Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/1993CPI (M) wrests Congress (I) bastion of Chowringhee in the by-elections to the WB Assembly; Durgapur and Kurseong also won by CPI (M).
10/17/1997Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab.
9/18/1965Communist government threatens dire consequences on discovering Indian bases on the Chinese side of the China-Sikkim frontier in China.
5/31/1973Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.
2/10/1921Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
10/16/1971David Jude Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996), was born in Arasikere.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.