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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 |
| 5/8/1997 | India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
| 5/23/1947 | The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India. |
| 4/6/1897 | Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws. |
| 1/26/1929 | Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence. |
| 7/5/1947 | Indian Act, 1947 was presented in British Parliament, which was then accepted by the emperor on 18th July. |
| 3/5/1919 | M.L. Kapoor, great industrialist, was born at Lahore. |
| 6/26/1992 | The Tin Bigha corridor leased to Bangladesh as per the Indo-Bangladesh agreement. |
| 8/5/1907 | Kashi Nath Pandey, politician and Trade Unionist, was born in Fursatpur Village. |
| 1/10/1996 | 27th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi. |
| 1/9/1996 | PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function. |
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