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Historical Event on 12/11/1999

Gopalakrishna Gandhi, former High Commissioner to South Africa, is conferred the honorary doctorate by the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/9/1984Captain H.J. Singh of Indian Army crossed the Banihal Darsh with the help of Hand Glider and set a new record.
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
3/14/1993India seeks Interpol's assistance in investigating the sources of bomb blasts in Bombay.
5/4/1783Tipu Sultan was enthroned as the ruler of Mysore after the death of Haider Ali in a simple ceremony at Bednur. He continued the Second Mysore War against the English. He defeated many EnglishGenerals like Brithwhite & Col. Bailey. Tipu Sultan signed the treaty at Mangalore on 11th March 1784 A.D. which was known as the Mangalore treaty.
1/16/1620Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died.
12/25/1995First major multi-organ transplant in the country performed in Apollo Hospital in Madras.
8/25/1888Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born.
2/17/1918S. V. Kumaraswamy, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1961-62, was born at Tamil Nadu.
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
12/3/1971Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies.