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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 |
| 12/22/1998 | The National Award for the Best Technological Invention is conferred on Prof. J. R. Isaac, a computer scientist. |
| 3/20/1925 | Marquess Curzon of Kedleston died this morning at age 66 from complications following an operation. Long a kingpin of the Conservative party, Lord Curzon spent 40 years in public life, serving as Viceroy and Governor General of India and, at the end of his career, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Though he came close to becoming prime minister in 1923, his aristocratic past militated against him in an era which nominated leaders from the House of Commons. He twice wed US women and enjoyed fame as an author of books about politics and his own travels. |
| 2/18/1992 | 47 die in Tamil Nadu's Kumbakonam Mahamakham stampede. |
| 2/7/1994 | C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 1/29/1953 | Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated. |
| 6/9/1991 | Raj Khosla, famous film producer and director, passed away. |
| 10/3/1988 | Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh after 30 months of being held captive. |
| 2/21/1991 | Nutan, famous film actress, died at the age of 56 years. |
| 7/10/1927 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults. |
| 5/10/1993 | Santosh Yadav becomes the first Indian woman to reach the Everest for the second time. |
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