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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
3/15/1920Ranganandhan Francis, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56), was born.
5/25/1917Abdul Vavakunju Ummasalumma Khader, freedom fighter, was born in Kerala. He was hanged on September 10, 1943.
7/25/1995India reaps a record harvest of food grain of 189.77 million tonnes ('94, 95).
3/10/1897Savitri Bai Phule passed away. She played a prominent role in assisting her husband Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule in education field. She taught in schools for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables.
11/9/1924Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born.
5/6/1952Maria Montessori, pioneer in mordern education, who spent almost 10 years in India, died in Noordwijk aan Zee. The principles and techiques advocated by her are also applied to the education of handicapped children and adult education.
9/26/1992Indian Airlines hike fare by 9 percent.
5/12/1666Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested.
5/12/1666Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born.
3/4/2000Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.