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Historical Event on 12/5/1999
India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/4/1990 | Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India. |
| 1/30/1785 | Sir Charles Metkaff, governor general of East India Company, was born. |
| 5/17/1897 | Dhirendra Varma, famous linguist, was born. |
| 1/26/1950 | Government of India accepted the National Emblem. It consisted of Head of Lion which is taken from Ashok piller situated near Sarnath. |
| 10/2/1934 | Indian Naval Force was established. |
| 10/19/1905 | Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London. |
| 11/13/1917 | Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born. |
| 9/16/1973 | Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died. |
| 2/2/1996 | Doordarshan Kendra was inagurated at Port Blair. |
| 5/1/2000 | Bidyut Ganguly (64), veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, died of severe burns in Calcutta. |
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