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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
5/31/1994Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away.
5/17/1995Three North Eastern States removes restricted area permits (RAP).
5/18/1988The ten-day Golden Temple siege at Amritsar ends with the surrender of 46 militant Sikhs.
3/26/1992Accord with Bangladesh on Tin Bigha.
3/20/1959For the first time, officials of the Indian government confirmed reports of widespread resistance to the Chinese occupying forces in Tibet. Open warfare erupted in the capital city of Lhasa.
4/9/1695Waman Pandit, famous pandit poet, took samadhee at Bhogav.
8/4/1979Indian Airlines AVRO-748 crashes in to a hill near Bombay.
5/11/1991Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar.
11/5/1994Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines.
1/11/1986Union Government declares Ladakh a Scheduled Tribe area under a constitutional amendment order by the President, applying article 342 for the first time to J&K.