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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 |
| 1/8/1906 | Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated. |
| 1/9/1982 | A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982. |
| 5/20/1915 | Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad. |
| 5/20/1915 | Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee). |
| 11/19/1835 | Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. |
| 3/18/1924 | Madhusudhan Ramachandra Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49), was born in Panvel, Maharashtra. |
| 5/2/1907 | Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab. |
| 7/20/1969 | M. Hidayatullah became the first acting President of India. |
| 4/29/1848 | Raja Ravi Verma, famous classic, prolific painter and great Indian Artist, was born in Kilimanoor, Kerala. |
| 7/18/1993 | Rail, road traffic disrupted. |
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