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Historical Event on 12/11/1999

Dr. M. L. Madhu, poet and translator, wins the Pushkin Gold Medal award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/1994Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up.
6/8/1992Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.
1/22/1901Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"".
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
2/4/1990Allau'd-din Khalji declared himself as King of Delhi after assissinating Jalal'ud-din Khalji. (19 0r 20).
5/27/1857Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur.
11/7/1907Murlidhar Shankar Deshpande, journalist and social worker, was born at Kadanachi Girvi Phaltan, Maharashtra.
1/18/1913Gandhiji refers in ''Indian Opinion'' the possibility of return home to India by mid-year.
12/12/1721Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb Peshwa), third Peshwa, was born.
1/10/1975India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.