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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
12/14/1955Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay.
7/31/2000The Government announces appointment of Justice B. M. Lal as Chairman of the MRTP Commission.
2/18/1994India rejects OIC offer to mediate on Kashmir.
1/11/1986The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
12/15/1997Orissa Janata Dal unit splits with 29 of 43 Legislature Party members forming 'Biju Janata Dal'.
11/22/1873Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born.
12/28/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.
5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.
12/1/1982Pakistan beats India to win hockey gold in the Asian Games.
8/15/1990India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile.