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Historical Event on 12/5/1999
India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/11/1997 | Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles. |
| 1/7/1928 | Vijay Tendulkar, famous playwright and novelist, was born. |
| 10/13/1987 | Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay. |
| 11/2/1990 | Many die in firing in Ayodhya as Karsevaks storm the Ram Janma Bhumi/Babri Masjid structure. Curfew in many areas in north and west India to prevent communal violence. Several people die in violence. |
| 12/17/1959 | Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78. |
| 11/17/1973 | Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died. |
| 7/20/1955 | Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar. |
| 6/9/1909 | Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born. |
| 4/16/1997 | G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died. |
| 1/29/1955 | 'Bhartiya Kamgar Kisan Party' established. |
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