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Historical Event on 11/5/1999

India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/1975National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced.
11/3/1995Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.
9/6/1994Prime Minister Narsimha Rao meets with his counterpart Vo Van Kiet at Hanoi. Both countries decide to boost ties.
8/3/1890Sriprakash, freedom fighter, prolific writer and member of the AICC, was born at Varanasi.
5/22/1989IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa.
12/3/1884Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar.
2/2/1986Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India.
12/20/1987Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0) in 76th Tennis Davis Cup .
3/17/1991The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-IA completes three years of successful operation. (18-3-91).
9/13/1906Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh).