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Historical Event on 12/11/1999

Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1995India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement.
11/7/1862Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision.
3/2/1990DMK Front to form government in Pondicherry and Congress (I) in Maharashtra.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
12/1/2000There would be a cap of 20 per cent equity for broadcasters planning to operate DTH television services, said I&B minister Sushma Swaraj.
2/3/1925First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.
6/16/1859Anandram Dhekial Fukun, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, passed away.
11/21/1973Seth Govinddas, M.P. of Jabalpur, was honoured in the Central Hall of Parliament for completion of 50 years in Parliament, which was an unprecedented record.
11/13/1780Maharaja Ranjit Singh, ""Lion of Punjab"", was born.
2/2/1967US President Johnson orders consignment of 2 mil. tons of food grains to be sent to India.